White Beans

Everyone must have eaten lentils, but what about white lentils? Have you seen them? Do you know the effects of white lentils? Let's take a look now.

Introduction to white lentil

White lentil is the mature seed of lentil, an annual twining herb in the legume family.

Lentils are native to tropical regions such as India and Indonesia and were introduced to my country during the Han and Jin dynasties.

In autumn and winter, the ripe fruits are harvested, dried in the sun, the seeds are taken out and dried again. The seeds are flat oval or flat ovate, with a pale amaranth white or pale yellow surface, smooth and slightly shiny, and a raised white half-moon-shaped caruncle on one side.

It has a faint odor, light taste, and a bean smell when chewed.

White lentil efficacy and function

Benefits of white lentils

Invigorate the spleen and harmonize the middle, eliminate dampness and relieve heat. [Functions and indications] Strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and relieve heat. It is mainly used for dampness caused by spleen deficiency, poor appetite and loose stools, excessive leucorrhea, vomiting and diarrhea caused by summer dampness, thirst and chest tightness

【application】

1. Spleen deficiency syndrome. This product can replenish qi to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. It has a mild nature and replenishes without stagnation. It is suitable for spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation, poor appetite, loose stools or diarrhea. However, it is "light in taste and weak in smell, and it is ineffective when used alone. It must be used together with qi-replenishing medicines", such as Shenling Baizhu San (Hejijufang), which uses this product as an auxiliary to ginseng, white atractylodes and other medicines. This product can also be used for excessive leucorrhea caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, and it is suitable to be used with white atractylodes, atractylodes, Euryale ferox and other qi-replenishing, spleen-replenishing and dampness-removing medicines.

2. Vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness and heat. Dampness and heat in summer often cause damage to the middle part of the body, and the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, which can easily lead to vomiting and diarrhea. This product can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness to harmonize the middle part. Although it is warm in nature, it does not have the disadvantages of warming and drying to promote heat and damage body fluids, so it can be used for vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness and heat. For example, "Qianjin Fang" uses this product alone to decoct in water. For those who are more prone to dampness and heat in summer, it is appropriate to use lotus leaves, talcum powder and other products that can clear away heat and penetrate dampness. If it is "yin heat" caused by drinking cold water in the summer months, the external cold and internal dampness, it is appropriate to use products that can dispel cold and resolve the exterior, eliminate dampness and harmonize the middle part, such as Xiangru Powder (Heji Jufang) and use it together with Xiangru and Magnolia officinalis.

The role of white lentils

1. Antibacterial and antiviral effects: 100% white lentil decoction has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae and has a detoxifying effect on vomiting and acute gastroenteritis caused by food poisoning. White lentil water extract has an inhibitory effect on Columbia SK virus in mice.

2. Impact on immune function: 0.3 ml of 20% white lentil cold salt extract promotes the formation of active E-rosettes, that is, it enhances the activity of T lymphocytes and improves the immune function of cells.

3. Toxicity White lentil contains phytoagglutinin which is non-specific to human red blood cells. The water-insoluble lectin has anti-trypsin activity and can inhibit the growth of experimental animals, so it is a toxic component. It also contains an enzyme that non-competitively inhibits the activity of trypsin, and heating also reduces its activity. At a concentration of 10 mg/kg, due to the inhibition of thrombin, the coagulation time of citrate plasma can be extended from 20s to 60s.

Nutritional analysis of white beans

1. Lentils are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, dietary fiber, vitamin A, B vitamins, cyanogenic glycosides, tyrosinase, etc. Lentil skins are particularly rich in vitamin B;

2. Lentils contain virus-inhibiting ingredients. This active ingredient is present in both water-soluble high-molecular and low-molecular parts. This ingredient can effectively inhibit the growth of viruses.

3. The amylase inhibitors contained in lentils have the effect of lowering blood sugar in the body;

4. Lentils contain a variety of trace elements, which can stimulate bone marrow hematopoietic tissue, reduce the destruction of granulocytes, improve hematopoietic function, and are effective for leukopenia;

5. The phytohemagglutinin in lentils can cause cancer cells to agglutinate and structural changes occur on the surface of tumor cells, thereby exerting a cytotoxic effect. It can also promote the transformation of lymphocytes, enhance immunity against tumors, inhibit tumor growth, and play a role in preventing and fighting cancer.