Black Soyabean
Glycine Max
Hei Da Dou

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; neutral

Part(s) used

Black seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To quicken blood and disinhibit water, dispel wind and resolve toxin, fortify spleen and boost kidney.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Edema distention fullness, wind toxin and beriberi, jaundice edema, kidney vacuity lumbago, enuresis, wind impediment and hypertonicity of sinews, postpartum wind tetany, clenched jaw, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, drug poisoning, food poisoning.