Black bean – cooked
Black beans are regarded as beneficial for treating Deficient heat signs such as hot flashes, malar flush, and irritability, all related to Kidney Yin Deficiency. For the same reason, they are most popular during summer or among hot tropical countries.
Properties
Taste: Sweet, Astringent
Natural Attributes: Heavy, Dry
Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishingÂ
Thermal impact (Virya): cooling
Dosha impact: decrease Pitta and Kapha, increase VataÂ
Digestive impact (Agni): relatively hard to digest
Channels (Srotas): opens the channels
Feces: absorbs and retainsÂ
Urine: diuretic
Strength (Bala): increases strength and immunityÂ
Mind (Manas): decrease rajas
Effect: Immunomodulator, styptic, kidney tonicÂ
Chinese five element impact: WaterÂ
Chinese medicine syndromes: Builds Kidney Yin fluids and blood
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa): strong food carvings, lower backache
- Fat: high cholesterol, losing weight,Â
- Bones-joints-tendon-ligaments: painful knees
- Reproductive and hormonal systems: menopause, hot flashes, reproductive system, impotence, involuntary seminal emission, infertility.
- Kidney-Bladder: Â kidney stones, bedwetting, urinary difficulty.
- Respiratory system: Â black bean juice is effective for hoarseness, laryngitis,
Harmful: unsuitable for a weak digestion, distension, flatulence