The efficacy and function of lentil flower

Lentils will bloom when they reach a certain growth stage, so what effects do lentil flowers have? Here are some lentil flowers to introduce to you:

Lentil flower【name】：

Lentil flower

Lentil flower【English name】：

Flower of Hyacinth Dolichos

Lentil flower【Pinyin】：

Biǎn Dòu Huā

Aliases:

Southern Tofu Pudding

Lentil flower [Medicinal material category]:

Flowers

Lentil flower [nature and flavor]:

Flat; sweet; non-toxic

① "Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine": sweet taste.

② "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": It is mild in nature, sweet and light in taste, and non-toxic.

Lentil flower【meridian】:

spleen; stomach; large intestine meridian

Lentil flower [medicinal part]:

It is the flower of the legume plant lentil.

【Origin and distribution】：

It is cultivated all over the country, mainly distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

Lentil flower [morphological characteristics]:

Lentils are annual twining herbaceous vines, up to 6 meters long. The stems are often lavender or light green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Trifoliate leaves; petioles 4-14cm long; stipules lanceolate or triangular-ovate, pubescent with white soft hairs; terminal petiolules 1.5-3.5cm long, petiolules on both sides are shorter, 2-3mm long, and all pubescent with white soft hairs; terminal leaflets are broadly triangular-ovate, 5-10cm long, about the same width as the length, with pointed tips, bases broadly cuneate or truncated, all linear, both sides are pubescent with short soft hairs, more along the veins, with 3 main veins at the base, pinnate-like; lateral leaflets are obliquely ovate, unequal on both sides. The racemes are axillary, 15-25cm long, erect, and the inflorescence axis is relatively thick; 2-4 flowers or more flowers are clustered on the nodes of the inflorescence axis, the bracts are ligulate, 2 pieces, and fall off early; the calyx is broadly campanulate, with 5 teeth at the apex, the upper 2 teeth are almost completely fused, and the other 3 teeth are nearly equal, with dense white soft hairs on the margin; the corolla is butterfly-shaped, white or lavender, about 2cm long, the standard petal is broadly elliptic, the apex is slightly concave inward, the petals of the winged bean are obliquely elliptic, with an ear-like protrusion on one side near the base, and the keel is boat-shaped, bending at almost right angles; there are 10 stamens, 1 solitary, and the filaments of the other 9 are partially connected into a tubular shape, covering the pistil; the ovary is linear, with silky hairs, glandular at the base, the style has white beards near the apex, and the stigma is capitate. The pod is sickle-shaped or obovate-shaped, flat, 5-8cm long, 1-3cm wide, with a wider tip, a downward-curved beak on the top, and rough edges. There are 2-5 seeds, which are flat and oval, white, reddish brown or nearly black, 8-13mm long, 6-9mm wide, and 4-7mm thick. The hilum and ridge are long and raised, and there is a raised white half-moon-shaped caruncle on one side of the edge. The flowering period is June to August, and the fruiting period is September.

Lentil flower [Usage and dosage]:

For internal use: decoct in water, 3-9g; or grind into powder; or mash into juice. For external use: appropriate amount, mash and apply.

Lentil flower [effects and functions]:

It can relieve heat and dampness, harmonize the middle and strengthen the spleen. It can treat summer heat and dampness, fever, diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhea, and swelling caused by falls.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": It is used to treat red and white discharge in women. It can be ground into powder and taken with rice water.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": roast and grind it to treat metrorrhagia; make it into wontons to treat diarrhea; drink it with pounded water to dissolve all drug poisons. It has the same function as lentils.

③ "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan"; applied to bruises and sprains, removes blood stasis, promotes new blood circulation, reduces swelling and disperses blue and black spots.

④ "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records": It can soothe the stomach and strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and remove dampness. It can treat summer heat and coma, dampness stagnation in the middle jiao, dysentery with pus and blood, summer diarrhea and red and white vaginal discharge.

Lentil flower [additional prescription]:

① Treat all kinds of diarrhea: Select the white lentil flowers that are in full bloom, do not wash them, blanch them in boiling water, add a piece of pork tenderloin, a scallion, seven peppercorns, and the sauce, mix well, then use the broth and bread to make small wontons, roast them and eat them. (《必用食治方》)

②Treatment of leukometrorrhagia in women: Dry and grind the white lentil flower (do not use the purple one), boil it with fried rice, add burnt salt and drink it on an empty stomach. ("A Miraculous Prescription")

③Treatment of bacillary dysentery. 100g of dried white lentil flower was made into 100% decoction. The oral dose was calculated as 0.5-1ml per kg of body weight each time, once every 6 hours, and a course of treatment was 7 days. 13 cases were observed. After 3-7 days of treatment, 7 cases were cured (clinical symptoms disappeared, and stool culture was negative for two consecutive times), 3 cases improved (clinical symptoms partially disappeared or alleviated), and 3 cases were ineffective. No side effects were observed during the treatment. Experiments have shown that lentil flower decoction containing 62.5mg of crude drug per milliliter can inhibit the growth of Shigella dysenteriae Sonne and Shigella flexneri in test tubes.

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