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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﹕

Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek.

Phaseolus aureus Roxb.

Phaseolus radiatus

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﹕

qing xiao dou (small green bean) 青小豆

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４０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

以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 磷	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

New Search on other items on USDA sites

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16 (July 2003)

A manuscript... writing, translating and proofreading in progress

Last update: Dec 16, 2012; 10:26 a.m. LA lu_dou.htm mung_bean.htm

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