What is Red Bean?

Red bean is a traditional Chinese medicine, should be distinguished from red bean, its varieties are different, red bean appearance is more slender. Red bean has diuresis detumescence, dampness and yellowing effect, its taste sweet and flat, attributed to the heart meridian and small intestine meridian, often used to treat edema caused by kidney qi weakness, qi deficiency, especially edema below the waist is more obvious, often and mulberry bark, cogongrass rhizome, coix seed equivalent. It can also be used to treat jaundice, compatibility with Artemisia Scoparia, rhubarb, forsythia, gardenia and other drugs. Modern pharmacological analysis shows that adzuki bean is rich in protein and vitamins, and has inhibitory effect on various bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, adzuki bean is often used to treat intestinal tract or skin carbuncle with coix seed and angelica.