Lentil coat

Lentil coat

(Anhui medicinal materials)

Another name: lentil skin

[source] it is the dry seed coat of lentil. See "lentil" for plant morphology.

[medicinal materials] the dried seed coat is irregular, curly and flaky, with different sizes, less than 1 mm thick, smooth, milky white or yellowish white, and the caruncle is half moon shaped and almost white. Hard and fragile. The smell is weak. It is better to be yellow and white and large.

Functions and indications: invigorate the spleen and remove dampness. Treat dysentery, diarrhea, beriberi edema.

① "Ben Cao Bian Du": "Da Ji Xing Shui. "

② Anhui herbal medicine: "invigorating spleen and removing dampness, relieving diarrhea and dysentery. Treatment of food poisoning vomiting and diarrhea, jiejiujing poisoning. "

③ Jiangsu Zhi Yao Zhi: "treating beriberi and foot swelling. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.