White lentils can be fried, boiled or boiled as food. Many people know that white lentils can be used as food, but they do not know that white lentils can also be used as Chinese medicine. So, what is the efficacy and function of white lentils? What is the general indication of white lentils? What do you need to pay attention to when using white lentils as Chinese medicine? Let's take a look at it today.

Use of traditional Chinese medicine white lentil

White lentils are eaten as traditional Chinese medicine. How to use them generally? It is estimated that few people understand it, so I will introduce it to you today.

1. White lentils are sweet and slightly warm. They are tonics, which have the functions of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, relieving summer heat and removing dampness, and are often used in prescriptions for nourishing the spleen and stomach.

2, white lentils with fried yam, Atractylodes macrocephala, Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, fried clams and so on. Can be used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.

3. White lentils have the function of removing heat and dampness. In summer, white lentils can be used together with Pogostemon cablin, Eupatorium odoratum, Lotus leaf, Phaseolus vulgaris, Magnolia officinalis and Cardamom in case of vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, dizziness and chest tightness.

4, mung beans are cool, which can eliminate heart and stomach heat and promote diuresis and detoxification. White lentils are slightly warm, which can eliminate the heat of the spleen and stomach and strengthen the spleen.

5. Lotus leaves can clear qi and relieve summer heat, and white lentils can reduce dampness and turbidity to relieve summer heat. The dosage is generally one and a half to three or four dollars, and the lentils are light, which can be reduced appropriately.

The Chinese medicine white lentil is suitable for people.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, white lentils are mild in taste and suitable for the general population, especially those with weak spleen and stomach. People with poor spleen and stomach are particularly prone to summer heat and dampness, the most common being edema and diarrhea, and the most serious being dysentery. Eating more white lentils can strengthen the spleen and stomach, relieve summer heat and dampness, tonify deficiency and stop diarrhea, which has a good maintenance effect on the spleen and stomach. Old people should always eat white lentils, especially rice and white bean porridge, which has a very good health care effect.

Generally speaking, the following people are not suitable for eating white lentils: people with qi deficiency and cold body, cold viscera, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, blue face and cold hands and feet are not suitable for eating; People who are afraid of shivering, joint pain, cough and hoarseness should not eat it; People with malaria should not eat white lentils.

1, white lentils contain lectin, which has certain toxicity. Heat treatment can make them toxic. If it is not cooked, food poisoning is likely to occur after eating. Symptoms such as headache, nausea and vomiting may occur within three or four hours after eating, so be sure to cook and steam thoroughly when eating.

2, qi deficiency in the body produces cold, and the viscera are trapped by cold, which is characterized by abdominal distension and abdominal pain, blue face and cold hands and feet. People should not eat white lentils.

3. People who are afraid of shivering, joint pain and cough hoarseness should not eat white lentils, and people suffering from malaria should not eat them.

4, white lentils can not eat too much at a time.