Red bean with bamboo leaves

Red bean with bamboo leaves

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] tiemadou (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Kunming).

[source] it is the whole grass of Vicia sativa L.

[plant morphology] Pisum sativum L

Herbs perennial, about 30-90 cm high. Stem erect or slightly scattered, slender, glabrous throughout. It has double pinnate compound leaves, 1-3 pairs of leaflets, 2-branched tendrils at the apex of leaf axis, short petiole, 3-6 mm in length, 1 pair of auricular stipules at the base, linear lanceolate leaflets, 2.4-4 cm in length, 1.5-4.5 mm in width, apex pointed, base cuneate, entire, veins prominent on both sides. Raceme axillary, about 6 cm long, 2-4 flowers, butterfly shaped, purplish red, about 1.5 mm long, pedicel small, base has a small bracteole. Pods terete, glabrous. It blooms in spring.

Born in the field, grass.

[collection] harvest in summer, wash, cut into sections and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] it has been reported that its decoction has hypoglycemic effect on diabetic patients by oral administration. Its active ingredient is oxalic acid, but animal experiments can not confirm this

There is a kind of neurotoxic component in Indian grass pea. If the animal is fed with 50% soybean powder, it can cause multiple neuritis (vitamin B can't prevent), alopecia, dermatitis and even local ulcer, and young animals stop growing, etc. If you add excess water to boil, remove the liquid, and then dry naturally, and grind the flour to make cakes, it can be used for food and has certain nutritional value.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "bitter, cool. "

[function indications] common folk herbs in Kunming: "clearing heat and detoxifying. After treatment of sores, ringworm, scabies and scabies, the remaining poison of measles in children is not exhausted. "

[usage and dosage] external use: decoct and wash. Oral: fried soup, 3-5 yuan.