Lentils are native to tropical regions such as India and Indonesia, and were introduced to the mainland around the Han and Jin dynasties. The written record of lentils was first seen in the "Catalogue of Famous Doctors" written by Tao Hongjing in the Southern Dynasty, and later in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Lentils regulate the liver and stomach, clear away heat and dampness, and stop diarrhea...". Lentils are a commonly used medicinal and edible homologous Chinese medicinal material, and the raw product is slightly poisonous and should not be eaten more. Let's talk about lentils today.
Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine lentils are the dried and mature seeds of the legume lentil. It is produced in most parts of the country. Ripe fruits are harvested in autumn and winter, dried, and the seeds are removed and dried again. This product has a slight gas, light taste, and a beany smell when chewing. It is better to have large, plump and white grains. Use raw or stir-fried, mashed as you use.
Traditional Chinese lentils are sweet and lukewarm. Return to the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dissipating dampness, and dissipating heatstroke.
Note: Lentils contain toxic proteins, which are toxic when used raw, and the toxicity is greatly reduced when heated.
Lentils were first published in the "Famous Doctors' Directory", called "Lotus Bean". Its different names include white lentils, southern lentils, fence beans, moth eyebrow beans, cool beans, sheep's eye peas, puffed beans, tea beans, southern beans, sword beans, tree beans, and vine beans.
"Materia Medica"
The smell is sweet, slightly cold, and non-toxic. The main and middle, the lower breath.
[Nuclear said] planted in February, extending between the fences. The leaves are as large as a cup, round and pointed, and the flowers are purple and white, like small moths, and have winged tails. Under the pods, there are more than ten kinds, long or round, or like dragon claws, tiger claws, or such as pig ears, knives and sickles, all kinds of differences, all accumulated into branches. After the white dew, it is more multiplying, and it is not easy to grow in autumn heat, so a snow eyebrow is the same gas, and a cool bean. It is commonly known as sheep's eye peas, and it is also similar in shape. When it is tender, it can be filled with vegetables and tea, and when it is old, it can be harvested and cooked. There are four colors: black, white, red, and spotted. The medicine only takes the color white, although the pod shell is thick, the seed is thick and round.
Ancestors: Shu, water valley also, autumn color white, sweet smell. There is the meaning of earth, gold and water that runs through the three Tibets, so it is a product of harmony and middle and lower gas. Youyun: Moving right and descending, the natural heat is gone, and the thirst is eliminated and dysentery is stopped.
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Turning summer into autumn, turning the flame into purification, this is igniting into gold, and not bothering to find seeds.
"The Meaning of Medicine"
White lentils. It belongs to yang, the body is dry (fresh), the color is yellowish, the qi is dry, the taste is sweet, the sex is warm, it can rise and fall, the spleen and stomach are awakened, the temperament and taste are clear and harmonious, and the three meridians of the spleen, stomach and lungs are entered.
The lentils are sweet but not sweet, fragrant but not channeling, mild and yellowish in color, and the spleen is the most compatible. It is mainly used for the treatment of cholera vomiting, intestinal diarrhea, hot weather, wine poisoning and stomach, and is a good product for harmony and qi. It is also taken as white in color, and the smell is clear and peaceful, and it is only clear in the clear, and it is used to clear the lungs. Therefore Yun: Clear to nourish the lungs, clear the lungs will be smooth, go down to the large intestine, and can clear and reduce turbidity. Good at treating intestinal redness and diarrhea for a long time, clearing qi and sinking, this method of replenishing the internal organs is also.
Commentary on the Materia Medica
Lentil. The gas is slightly warm, sweet and non-toxic. The main and middle and lower breath.
The lentil gas is slightly warm, the qi of the young yang at the beginning of the spring, the foot of the less yang gallbladder meridian, and the hand less yang three jiao meridians; The taste is sweet and non-toxic, and the earthy taste of the land is right, and it enters the Taiyin and Spleen meridians. The smell rises, and so does the yang. In the middle, the spleen and stomach are also, the lentils are warm into the gall, and the gall is generated, then the spleen and stomach are cleared, so it is said to be harmonious. The taste is sweet into the spleen, and when the spleen is healthy, the qi goes down, so the qi is also down.
Formula:
Lentils are the same as ginseng, atractylodes, white cocos, licorice, yam, coria seeds, lotus meat, bellflower, sand kernels, and the end of the ginseng Ling atractylodes is used to treat spleen dampness and diarrhea and children's spleen deficiency.
Same as wheat winter, five flavors, Chuanlian, dry arrowroot, anti-alcohol poison.
Modern pharmacology
Traditional Chinese medicine lentils mainly contain carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, trace elements, pantothenic acid, tyrosinase, membrane protease inhibitors, amylase inhibitors, hemagglutinin A, hemogloglutinin B and other components. Its decoction has the effect of inhibiting dysentery bacilli and antiviral, detoxifying vomiting and acute gastritis caused by food poisoning, and also has the effect of relieving hangover, puffer fish and other food poisoning. Its cytolectin A is insoluble in water, which can inhibit the growth of experimental animals and even cause regional necrosis of the liver, and heating can greatly reduce its toxicity. Cytolectin B is soluble in water and has antitrypsin activity. White lentil polysaccharides have antioxidant and immune-enhancing effects.
Lentil coating
Lentil coat is the seed coat of the legume lentil. The performance effect is similar to that of lentils and the spleen is slightly inferior, but there is no disadvantage of stagnation, and it is biased towards dampness. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen deficiency, vomiting and diarrhea and beriberi caused by dampness or summer dampness. Decoction, 5~10g.
Lentil flowers
Lentil flowers are the flowers of the legume plant. The taste is sweet, light and flat. Return to the spleen and stomach meridians. Function: Relieve heat and dampness. It is mostly used in summer and humid diarrhea and humid tropics. Decoction, 5~10g.
Time: 2024