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mung bean 綠荳  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

 

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Semen Phaseoli radiati

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

  1. Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek.

  2. Phaseolus aureus Roxb.  

  3. Phaseolus radiatus

  4. Phaseiolus mungo

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

ryokuzu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

noktu

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

luk6 dau2

Other Names:

別名﹕

 

Common Name:

外文名﹕

Mung bean, Black dhal, Black gram, Black mung, Golden gram, Gram bean, Green gram, Red mung bean, Urd

Distribution:

產地﹕

Main production areas: India, Thailand, Afganistan, Phillipines, China, South East Asia and America.

 

世界上綠豆主產國有印度、泰國、阿富汗、菲律賓 、美國等國。
在中國黃河、淮河流域以及華北和東北平原各省都有綠豆栽培

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, cold, non toxic

 

甘寒無毒

Medical functions:

 

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

heart, spleen

入心﹐胃經

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

rids of edema, possesses antipyretic effect, diuretic effects, rids of headache, calming, antidote for toxicity of arsenic, and poisons from plants or minerals.

 

 

消腫下氣、壓熱解毒、治丹毒、煩熱風疹、利尿止渴、厚腸胃。作枕明目、治頭風、頭痛、補 益元氣、和調五臟、安精神、行十二經脈、潤皮膚、解一切草木金石砒霜毒

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

See appendix below. 看附錄。

Dosage:

用量﹕

30 ~ 60 g

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Recipe 1: mung bean soup

mung bean soup: lu do 60 g, chen pi 3 g. Simmer with appropriate amount of water until mung bean is soft and tender to make soup.

 

Recipe 2: chou cao mung bean soup

For cooling and relieving swelling; as food supplement for those with nose and throat cancer, headache, blood in mucus from the nose, and uncomfortable dry throat.

Composition: chou cao 20 g (put in last with rock sugar), rock sugar to taste, sheng di huang 40 g, lu dou 120 g, chen pi 1 piece (to taste). Add appropriate amount of water and simmer till lu dou (mung bean) is tender; then add chou cao and rock sugar. Continue to simmer until the rock sugar is completely dissolved.

Editor note: Dot not use this formula in cases of  pixu (spleen deficient) weak digestion, chronic pain in the lower back with shenxu (kidney deficient), especially women with this type of body function.

臭草綠荳湯

效用:清熱解毒,養胃生津,消腫散結。
凡患上了鼻咽癌病症,頭痛,鼻涕带血,咽喉乾燥不適,可用此湯作食療。
原料:
臭 草20克 (後下),生 地黃
4 0克,绿豆120克, 陳皮1片 ﹐冰糖適量 (後下)。 加水適量﹐ 以慢火煎至綠荳熟爛。然後加入臭草﹐冰糖。繼續煎至冰糖溶化。

來源﹕中華素食網
  
編者按:脾 虛腎 虛腰痛及身體虚寒者忌用此方。有此類體質的婦 女尤忌。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

Dot not use in cases of  pixu (spleen deficient) weak digestion, chronic pain in the lower back with shenxu (kidney deficient), especially women with this type of body function.

脾虛腎 虛腰痛及身體虚寒者忌食。有此類體質的婦女尤 忌。

 

Properties:


The following is from USDA , translated by Joe H.K.Chu

 

  下錄自美國農業部發表之資料。朱興國譯。

Mung beans, mature seeds, raw

Scientific Name:     Vigna radiata 

NDB No:     16080

Nutrient 營養成份Units

單位

Value per
100 grams of
edible portion

每百克可食用部份

Sample
Count

例數

Std.
Error

標準誤差

Proximates 接近值
Water  水
g
9.05
60

0.439

Energy 熱量
kcal
347
0
 
Energy 熱量
kj
1453
0
 
Protein  蛋白質
g
23.86
82

0.371

Total lipid (fat)  脂肪
g
1.15
65

0.144

Ash   灰份
g
3.32
58

0.099

Carbohydrate, by difference  碳水化合物
g
62.62
0
 
Fiber, total dietary  食用纖 維
g
16.3
0
 
Sugars, total  總糖量
g
6.60
0
 
Minerals 礦物質
Calcium, Ca  鈣
mg
132
49

13.660

Iron, Fe  鐵
mg
6.74
55

0.872

Magnesium, Mg 鎂
mg
189
29

11.294

Phosphorus, P
mg
367
48

7.089

Potassium, K 鉀
mg
1246
18

42.146

Sodium, Na 鈉
mg
15
12

2.113

Zinc, Zn  鋅
mg
2.68
26

0.117

Copper, Cu 銅
mg
0.941
21

0.044

Manganese, Mn 錳
mg
1.035
19

0.076

Selenium, Se 硒
mcg
8.2
0
 
Vitamins 維生素
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 總維生素C
mg
4.8
5
 
Thiamin 硫胺
mg
0.621
19

0.076

Riboflavin

維生素B2 (核黃素)

mg
0.233
25

0.024

Niacin  菸鹼酸
mg
2.251
18

0.193

Pantothenic acid

維生素B5 (泛酸)

mg
1.910
8

0.046

Vitamin B-6
mg
0.382
18

0.012

Folate, total 總葉酸
mcg
625
8

42.927

Folic acid 葉酸
mcg
0
0
 
Folate, food 葉酸鹽﹐食物
mcg
625
8

42.927

Folate, DFE 葉酸鹽﹐食物相等
mcg_DFE
625
0
 
Vitamin B-12 維生素B12
mcg
0.00
0
 
Vitamin A, IU 維生素A﹐國際單位
IU
114
0
 
Vitamin A, RAE 維生素A﹐RAE
mcg_RAE
6
0
 
Retinol 視網醇
mcg
0
0
 
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 維生素E﹐
mg
0.51
0
 
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 維生素K﹐
mcg
9.0
0
 
Lipids 脂質
Fatty acids, total saturated

總飽和脂肪酸總數

g
0.348
0
 
4:0
g
0.000
0
 
6:0
g
0.000
0
 
8:0
g
0.000
0
 
10:0
g
0.000
0
 
12:0
g
0.000
0
 
14:0
g
0.000
0
 
16:0
g
0.250
0
 
18:0
g
0.071
0
 
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated

單元不飽和脂肪 酸總數

g
0.161
0
 
16:1 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.000
0
 
18:1 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.161
0
 
20:1
g
0.000
0
 
22:1 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.000
0
 
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 多未飽和脂肪酸
g
0.384
0
 
18:2 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.357
0
 
18:3 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.027
0
 
18:4
g
0.000
0
 
20:4 undifferentiated 未分化的
g
0.000
0
 
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
Cholesterol 膽固醇
mg
0
0
 
Phytosterols 植物脂醇類
mg
23
0
 
Amino acids 胺基酸
Tryptophan 白胺酸
g
0.260
61
 
Threonine 酥胺酸
g
0.782
51
 
Isoleucine 異白胺酸
g
1.008
46
 
Leucine 白胺酸
g
1.847
46
 
Lysine 離胺酸
g
1.664
383
 
Methionine 甲硫胺酸
g
0.286
423
 
Cystine 胱胺酸
g
0.210
30
 
Phenylalanine 苯丙胺酸
g
1.443
46
 
Tyrosine 酪胺酸
g
0.714
26
 
Valine 纈胺酸
g
1.237
46
 
Arginine 精胺酸
g
1.672
44
 
Histidine 組胺酸
g
0.695
44
 
Alanine 丙胺酸
g
1.050
21
 
Aspartic acid 天門冬酸
g
2.756
21
 
Glutamic acid 麩胺 酸
g
4.264
21
 
Glycine 甘胺酸
g
0.954
21
 
Proline 脯胺酸
g
1.095
19
 
Serine 絲胺酸
g
1.176
21
 
Other 其他
Alcohol, ethyl 乙醚
g
0.0
0
 
Caffeine  咖啡鹹
mg
0
0
 
Theobromine 可可鹼
mg
0
0
 

Carotene, beta

β- 胡蘿蔔素

mcg
68
0
 

Carotene, alpha

b 胡蘿蔔素

mcg
0
0
 
β-Cryptoxanthin, β-玉米黃素
mcg
0
0
 
Lycopene 茄紅素
mcg
0
0
 
Lutein + zeaxanthin  玉米黃素+ 葉黃素
mcg
0
0
 
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USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16 (July 2003)

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