It has the effect of strengthening the spleen, resolving dampness, harmonizing the middle and eliminating summer heat.

Clinically, it is often used to treat weakness of the spleen and stomach, such as loss of appetite, loose stools, summer dampness and diarrhea, chest tightness and abdominal distension. Fried white lentils are mostly used to treat spleen deficiency and diarrhea, excessive leukorrhea. Clinically, fried white lentils are often used in the treatment of women with lower belt disease (i.e., abnormal leukorrhea), taking its role in strengthening the spleen and resolving dampness, the effect is very good.

Li Shizhen believes that: hard shell white lentils, the son of full, white and slightly yellow, its gas fishy flavor, its warm and flat, to get in the middle and the spleen of the valley. Into the solar chi points, the three jiao, can be clear and drop turbid, so specializing in the treatment of the middle house disease. Excessive leukorrhea women may wish to commonly take white lentil porridge.

Eating notes:

Not fully mature fresh lentils are summer daily food seasonal ingredients, but the lentils contain a saponin and alkaloids in the material, that is, containing erythrocyte agglutinin and hemolysin, this material is toxic. After consumption, the light can appear dizziness, headache, heavy can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, cause blood clotting or hemolytic reaction. Therefore, when consuming lentils, they must be fried or cooked thoroughly, or blanched in boiling water first. Lentils are the safest way to consume them, and should never be consumed half raw or half cooked.

Lentils should not be eaten more than one, because more food is easy to congestion of qi, hindering the spleen and stomach transport absorption, resulting in bloating. In addition, the lentil is a high purine food, easy to cause blood uric acid elevated, induced or aggravated the formation of urinary stones, so the urinary tract stones should be eaten with caution.

Reference: People's health network - white lentil good treatment of gynecological disease

Reference: People's health network - spleen summer eat white lentil