VARIANT NAME: Green Soybean.
ORIGIN: The seed of Phaseolus radiatus (Leguminosae).
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: In every 100g of mung beans, there are 22.1g of protein, 0.8g of fat, 59g of carbohydrate, 49mg of calcium, 268mg of phosphorus, 3.2mg of iron, 0.22mg of carotene, 0.53mg of thiamine, 0.12mg of ovoflavin, 1.8mg of nicotinic acid. The protein is mainly composed of globulins; there are little methionine, tryptophan and tyrosine in its composition. Its phospholipid is composed of phosphatidylcholine, phosphalidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid.
NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and cool in nature, acting on the channels of the heart and stomach.
EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: clearing away pathogenic heat and toxic materials, removing summer-heat and inducing diuresis. It is used as a cure of restlessness and thirst caused by summer-heat, Edema, diarrhea, dysentery, erysipelas, and Carbuncle and swelling; it is also used to relieve drug's toxicity.
DIRECTIONS: To be decocted, made into gruel, or ground into powder for external application.