Also called green beans, string beans are among the only beans which do not aggravate Vata.
Properties
Taste: sweet
Natural Attributes: Light, DryÂ
Tissue impact (Vipak): Reducing
Thermal impact (Virya): cooling
Dosha impact: decreases Pitta and Kapha
Digestive impact (Agni): easy to digest
Channels (Srotas): opens
Feces: retains
Urine: Diuretic
Strength (Bala):Â improve strength
Mind (Manas):Â Sattvic
Effect: nutritive
Chinese five element impact: Wood
Chinese medicine syndromes: Move Liver Qi, Nourish Liver Yin
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Blood-circulation-liver: thirst (diabetes)
- Reproductive and hormonal systems: involuntary seminal emission, leukorrheaÂ
- Vital essence: diabetes
- Kidney-Bladder: frequent urination (diabetes)
- Respiratory system: deficient yin of the lungs
- Digestive system: diarrhea
Harmful for: constipation