Adsuki Bean
赤小豆
Water-Draining and Dampness-Leaching Herbs
Corn Stigma
Overview
Aliases
Yumai Xu, Yushushurui, Baoguxu, Bangzimao
Nature and Flavor
Neutral, sweet, bland
What's Inside
Ingredients
It contains fatty oil, volatile oil, gum-like substances, resin, bitter glycosides, saponins and alkaloids, and also contains cryptoxanthin, ascorbic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, vitamin K, sitosterol, stigmasterol, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid and oxalic acid, etc.
Therapeutic Effects
The decoction has a marked diuretic effect and can also reduce protein excretion. Aqueous, hydroalcoholic, ethanolic, and decoction extracts all have hypotensive effects. It can promote bile secretion and excretion and reduce bile viscosity and bilirubin content. It also has blood-glucose-lowering effects, increases blood prothrombin levels, and accelerates blood coagulation.
Precautions
No precautions information available
NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.
