Name
Lv Dou Pi (Seed-coat of Mung Bean)
Property
Sweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.
Actions
Clear summer-heat and quench thrist, remove nebula, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.
Indications
Dysentery, Edema, polydipsia due to summer-heat, diarrhea, nebula, Erysipelas.
Dosage and administration
Decoct 9~30 g, or made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying or decocted for washing.