Herbs that Clear and Relieve Summerheat
Lu Dou 录豆
Semen Phaseoli Munginis Mung Bean or Phaseolus
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cool
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Cool
- Channels Entered
- HT, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Semen Phaseoli Munginis
- Chinese
- 录豆
- Tone Marks
- lù dòu
Chinese Herb Actions
- Relieves Summerheat Especially in treating excess thirst from heat in the summer. Often taken as a tea to avoid the occurrence of Summerheat. Used as an antidote for toxic substances, pesticides, and especially for overdose of Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata (fu zi).
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 15-30 grams. Cook with Radix Glycyrrhizae (gan cao) as an antidote to Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata (fu zi) poisoning, using 120 grams of Lu Dou to 60 grams of Gan Cao.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use in cases of cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach with diarrhea.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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