This product is the seed of the annual herbaceous plant Mung Bean from the legume family. It is produced in most regions of China. The seeds are harvested when mature in late autumn, washed, dried, and then crushed for medicinal use or ground into powder. Mung Bean soup, known for clearing summer heat and eliminating dampness, is a common household summer beverage for heat relief.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, cold. act on heart and stomach channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxins, relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and abscesses.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for abscesses and sores. Mung Bean is sweet and cold, clearing heat and removing toxin, to reduce abscesses. It can be used alone by decocting and taking frequently, or ground raw and soaked in cold water to filter the juice for consumption. For external use, it can be mixed with Rhubarb Rhizoma as powder, added with Mentha leaves, and honey for application.
2. Used for summer heat and thirst. Mung Bean is sweet and cold, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating irritability and quenching thirst, promoting urination. Therefore, Mung Bean soup is often consumed cold in summer to treat symptoms such as summer heat, thirst, and dark urine.
3. Used for drug and food poisoning. Mung Bean is sweet and cold, good at resolving heat toxin, making it an excellent remedy for poisoning by Aconite Lateral Root, Croton Fruit, arsenic, and other pungent heat toxin agents, as well as food poisoning. It can be administered by grinding the raw product into powder and filtering the juice with cold water for draught, or by boiling and taking frequently; or by decocting Mung Bean with Liquorice Root, or by boiling Mung Bean with black soybean and soil from the heart of a toad, then mixing with egg white for consumption.

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1. Kaibao Bencao: "Boiling and eating it reduces swelling, lowers qi, clears heat and removes toxins. Grinding it raw and extracting the juice to drink can treat erysipelas, irritability, rubella, and the onset of heat after taking medicine, as well as heat rushing like a boar."
2. "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu": "Mung beans are sweet and cool. Boiling and eating them clears the gallbladder, nourishes the stomach, relieves summer heat, quenches thirst, promotes urination, and stops diarrhea."

Traditional Chinese medicine can effectively treat dry eye syndrome, floaters, retinopathy, and various chronic eye diseases

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

15-60 grams. Decoction, cooking, or grinding into powder.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach with diarrhea should avoid use. Eating too much mung bean meat may cause a feeling of fullness and bloating.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Mung beans contain protein, fat, sugars, carbohydrates, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron, niacin, nicotinic acid, and phospholipids. Mung beans can prevent the increase of blood lipids in experimental rabbits with atherosclerosis and can also rapidly reduce already elevated blood lipid levels. Additionally, they have a significant detoxifying effect and protect the liver. The heat-clearing properties of mung beans are in the skin, while the detoxifying effects are in the flesh. Folk tradition uses mung bean shells as pillow stuffing, which is believed to clear internal heat and improve symptoms in patients with hypertension, headache, and dizziness. Mung beans are the most effective among legumes for detoxification and are commonly used to counteract drug and food poisoning. They also have auxiliary therapeutic effects on poisoning from dichlorvos and organophosphorus pesticides. Folk remedies recommend regular consumption of mung bean soup and tea leaves to prevent and treat exposure to toxic and harmful chemicals and gases. Mung bean flour is used as an ingredient in pastries and can also be made into noodles to accompany dishes. Mung bean sprouts are delicious and considered a delicacy in dishes, aiding in clearing heat and promoting diuresis. Medicinally, mung beans can treat red eyes, sore throat, erysipelas, rubella, and have benefits for improving vision, soothing the throat, and reducing swelling. They can also be used to counteract alcohol toxicity, with a dosage of 30 grams decocted in water for oral consumption.