The efficacy and function of soybean yellow

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine called Douhuang to you and describe its effects in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Other name] Soybean yellow (Ganjin Fang)

[Source] It is made from the black seeds (black soybeans) of the legume plant soybean that are steamed and processed.

[Preparation] "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Use one dou of black soybeans, steam them until cooked, spread them on a mat, cover them with mugwort, and cook like making soy sauce. When they turn yellow, take them out, dry them in the sun, and grind them into powder for later use."

【Nature and flavor】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "sweet, warm, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 ① Meng Shen: "It is used to treat dampness, knee pain, insufficient qi in the five internal organs, and stagnation of stomach qi; it replenishes qi and moisturizes the skin. Grind it into a powder, refine it into pig fat and make it into pills, and take it to make people fat and healthy."

[Additional prescription] ① To treat weak spleen and loss of appetite, take this as food: 2 liters of soybean yellow and 3 liters of hemp seeds (boil until fragrant). The above two ingredients can treat lower sieve. Take one cup of the medicine mixed with water, four to five times a day, as you like. (Madou Powder from Qianjin Fang)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Dietary Materia Medica".

Soybean yellow not only has many functions, but also has many ways of being eaten in our lives, so it is loved by many people.