Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

lǚ dòu yī / 穭豆衣 / 穭豆衣 / mung bean seed coat

Latin pharmacognostic name: Sojae Testa

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Liver-calming wind-extinguishing agents / Liver-calming yáng-subduing agents

Properties: Sweet; balanced

Channel entry: liver channel.

Indications:

• Nourishes the blood and calms the liver: Blood vacuity and liver effulgence; yīn vacuity and yáng hyperactivity.
• Nourishes yīn and checks sweating: Yin vacuity tidal heat and night sweating.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: 6–10g.

  Notes:

  This is the seed coat of either the wild soybean 野料豆 or the regular black soybean, 黑大豆, modern authorities leaning toward the latter.

  See also:

  hēi dà dòu pí (黑大豆皮 Sojae Testa Atra, black soybean seed coat)