Flat-pod vicia (Vicia bungei)

扁荚山黧豆biǎn jiá shān lí dòuBianjiashanlidou

Vicia bungei · Plant

Vicia, standing in for Vicia bungei
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; raw seeds may contain antinutrients; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Flat-pod vicia for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Flat-pod vicia does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit ImmuneBenefit Nutrition

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Vicia bungei 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.