Yellow Petal Bean (Phaseolus aureus)

黄色瓣蕊豆huáng sè bàn ruǐ dòuHuangsebanruidou

Phaseolus aureus · Plant

Phaseolus, standing in for Phaseolus aureus
This photo shows Phaseolus, not Phaseolus aureus: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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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 Yellow Petal Bean for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Diabetes Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Yellow Petal 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 aureus 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.