Kidney Bean
Phaseolus Vulgaris
Cai Dou

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To enrich and nourish, resolve heat, disinhibit urine, disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Summerheat-heat vexation and thirst, edema, beriberi.