What are the medicinal values ​​of white lentils?

There are still many people who like to eat white lentils in our lives. In fact, white lentils have many medicinal values ​​and are very nutritious. Many Chinese medicine practitioners use them to match various Chinese medicines. At the same time, white lentils are rich in vitamins. Many people also stir-fry them to eat. White lentils are also widely used in some clinical situations. So what are the medicinal values ​​of white lentils? Let me give you a brief introduction below.

The earliest written record of white hyacinth bean can be found in "Famous Doctors' Records" written by Tao Hongjing during the Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties. The Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty said: "Take hard-shelled white lentils, stir-fry them with the skin on, and use them as medicine." "Hard-shelled white lentils have full seeds, white and slightly yellow, and a fishy smell. They are warm and neutral, and are the grain of the spleen. They are the Taiyin Qi of the human body, can clear the three burners, transform the clear and lower the turbid, so they are specially used to treat diseases of the middle palace, eliminate heat and dampness, and detoxify. The soft-shelled and black magpie-colored ones are slightly cool in nature, but they can be eaten and also regulate the spleen and stomach."

The "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Committee of the Ministry of Health also says: White hyacinth bean "strengthens the spleen and stomach, clears away summer heat and dampness. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, summer heat and dampness diarrhea, and leucorrhea." In short, white lentil is a treasure. Its fruit (white lentil), peel (lentil skin), flowers and leaves can all be used as medicine. It is sweet and slightly moist in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the middle and eliminating dampness, relieving heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, internal accumulation of heat and dampness, abdominal distension and pain, red and white vaginal discharge, etc., and can also detoxify alcohol.

Medicinal prescriptions of white lentil

1. To treat weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea: 1.5 pounds of white lentils (soaked in ginger juice, peeled and softened), 2 pounds each of ginseng (stalk removed), white poria, atractylodes, licorice (fried), and yam, 1 pound each of lotus seeds (peeled), platycodon (fried until dark yellow), coix seeds, and amomum villosum. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, take 2 qian each time, mixed with jujube soup. For children, the dosage can be increased or decreased according to their age. (Shenling Baishu Powder from the Bureau of Prescriptions)

2. To treat itchy and painful ulcers with scabs: mash lentils and seal them. The scabs will fall off and the condition will improve. (Filling the gap at the back of the elbow)

3. To treat cholera, use one liter of lentils and one liter of Elsholtzia. Boil six liters of water and take two liters, divided into doses. It can also be used alone. (Qianjin Fang)

4. To treat arsenic poisoning: grind white hyacinth bean raw, squeeze the juice with water and drink it. (Yongleiqianfang)

5. To treat thirst: Soak white lentils, peel them, grind them into powder, mix with radix trichosanthis juice and honey, make into pills the size of walnuts, and coat with gold foil. Take 20 to 30 pills each time, with trichosanthes juice, twice a day. Avoid roasted food, alcohol and sex. Take kidney nourishing medicine next time. (Rencuntang Experience Prescription)

White lentil has excellent antibacterial and antiviral effects, and clinically has the effects of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, strengthening the spleen, and can also enhance the body's immune function and fight cancer. Judging from the above medicinal values, white lentil is actually harmless to the human body and has many benefits. However, some special groups, such as pregnant women, must be careful to consume it in moderation.