Bean Genus (Phaseolus)

菜豆属cài dòu shǔCaidoushu

Phaseolus · Plant

Phaseolus
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
1
Indications
5
With studies in people

Cautions

Raw beans contain toxic lectins; must be properly cooked; generally safe when cooked; may lower blood sugar.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bean Genus for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Diabetes Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Bean Genus does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DiureticBenefit HeartBenefit Nutrition

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Phaseolus and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.