INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Lablab Album Semen Dolichorus Lablab
Common English:	Hyacinth Bean Dolichos

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Neutral (Slightly Warm) (Warm)	Spleen Stomach	8-30g Powder: 6-10g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Summerheat and resolves Dampness	Summerheat with pronounced or chronic diarrhea, dysentery, nausea, vomiting and loud borborygmus
Strengthens the Spleen	Spleen Deficiency

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po (Fol. Nelumbinis) (He Ye)	Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Rx. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao*	Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Poria Fu Ling Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
Sudden turmoil disorder due to smoldering Summer Heat and Dampness.	Diarrhea or vaginal discharge due to Spleen Deficiency.	Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Dampness.
Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen Rx. Dioscoreae Shan *Yao* Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya	Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Sm. Euryales Qian Shi Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao	Flos Puerariae Ge Hua Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
Slight Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach.	Vaginal discharge with fatigue.	Alcohol intoxication.
Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang	Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng Sm. Phaseoli Lu Dou Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao	Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen Rx. Astragali Huang Qi Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban
Puffer fish poisoning.	Arsenic poisoning.	Increases cellular immunity.

Its main use is for digestive ailments related to ingestion of contaminated food and drink (Summerheat), summer colds and alcoholic intoxication.
It may help treat diabetes.
This herb can be used alone to treat poultry poisoning, calomel poisoning or powdered for arsenic poisoning.
It is said that snakebites can be cured with External application of the smashed leaves of this herb.
To treat spasms that occur after vomiting or diarrhea, add a little vinegar to a handful of smashed leaves of this herb, squeeze out the juice and apply it to the affected area.
It is said that this herb cures Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with nausea, regurgitation, chronic diarrhea, dyspepsia, abdominal masses and infantile malnutrition.
This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
It is said that Stomach cancer and other tumors can be with the juice extracted from 750g of the leaves of this herb. Take frequently without dosage restriction.
Toast to treat Spleen Deficiency.
Lablab Testa Bian Dou Yi is the dried capsule of the hyacinth bean. It regulates the function of the Stomach and Spleen when diarrhea occur in the summer. Its dosage is 6-12g.
Flos Lablab Bian Dou Hua is the dried flower of the hyacinth bean. It relieves Summerheat, removes Dampness and controls bleeding and is used to treat dysentery, diarrhea and leukorrhea. Its dosage is 6-12g.