Mountain flat bean (Vicia montana)

山扁豆子shān biǎn dòu ziShanbiandouzi

Vicia montana · Plant

Vicia, standing in for Vicia montana
This photo shows Vicia, not Vicia montana: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: User:Bogdan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

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

Indications

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

Child Gan AccumulationEdemaHabitual ConstipationInhibited UrinationJaundicePoisonous Snake BiteSummerheat-heat & Vomiting Diarrhea

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Mountain flat bean does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinFortify Spleen & Disinhibit DampFree Stool