Red-flowered Vegetable Bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
红花菜豆hóng huā cài dòuHonghuacaidou
Phaseolus coccineus · Plant
1
Indications
1
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 Red-flowered Vegetable Bean for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Red-flowered Vegetable Bean 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 coccineus 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 Antioxidant9 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Diuretic0 records
- Benefit Heart7 records
- Benefit Nutrition1 records
- Diabetes Syndrome0 records