Broad Bean (Vicia faba)
蚕豆cán dòuCandou
Vicia faba · Plant
1
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May cause favism in G6PD-deficient individuals; may interact with MAO inhibitors; raw beans contain antinutrients.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Broad Bean for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Broad Bean does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DiureticBenefit ImmuneBenefit Nutrition
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Vicia faba 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.
- Benefit Antioxidant177 records, 21 in people
- Benefit Diuretic0 records
- Benefit Immune12 records
- Benefit Nutrition63 records, 7 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome13 records, 4 in people