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味甘、酸，平，无毒。主下水，排痈肿脓血，寒热，热中，消渴，止泄，利小便，
吐逆，卒疝，下胀满。
陶隐居云∶大、小豆共条，犹如葱、薤义也。以大豆为 芽，生便干之，名为黄卷。用
之亦
熬，服食所须。煮大豆，主温毒水肿殊效。复有白大豆，不入药。小豆性逐津液，久服令人
枯燥矣。唐本注云∶《别录》云，叶名藿，止小便数，去烦热。今按∶陈藏器本草云∶赤小
豆和桑根白皮煮食之，主湿气痹肿。小豆和通草煮食之，当下气无限，名脱气丸。驴食脚轻，
蜀本注云∶病酒热饮汁即愈。药性论云∶赤小豆，使，味甘。能
消热毒痈肿，散恶血不尽，烦满，治水肿，皮肌胀满。捣薄涂痈肿上，主小儿急黄烂疮。取
汁
令人美食。末与鸡子白调，涂热毒痈肿瘥。通气，健脾胃。陈士良
云∶赤小豆，微寒。缩气行风，抽肌肉。久食瘦人，坚筋骨，疗水气。解小麦热毒。日华子
云∶赤豆粉，治烦解热毒，排脓，补血脉，解油衣粘缀甚妙。叶食之明目。
图经曰∶赤小豆，旧与大豆同条，苏恭分之。今江淮间尤多种莳。主水气，香港脚方∶最
急用
。其法用此豆五合，葫一头，生姜一分，并碎破，商陆根一条，切，同水煮豆烂，汤成，适
寒温
腹食之，旋旋啜汁令尽，肿立消便止。韦宙《独行方》疗水肿，
从脚起入腹则杀人。亦用赤小豆一斗，煮令极烂，取汁四、五升，温渍膝以下。若已入腹，
但
李绛《兵部手集方》亦着此法，云曾得效。昔有人患香港脚，用此
豆作袋置足下，朝夕展转践踏之，其疾遂愈。亦主丹毒。《短剧方》以赤小豆末和鸡子白，
消也。其遍体者，亦遍涂如上法。又诸肿毒欲作痈疽者，以水和
往用之有效。
食疗云∶和鲤鱼烂煮食之，甚治香港脚及大腹水肿。别有诸治，具在鱼条中。散气，去关
节烦
热。令人心孔开，止小便数。绿、赤者并可食。暴痢后，气满不能食，煮一顿服之即愈。千
金
方∶小豆三七枚，烧作屑，筛，冷水顿服之佳。肘后方∶辟
温病。取小
豆，新布囊盛之，置井中，三日出。举家服，男十枚，女二十枚。又方∶治肠痔，大便常
血。小豆一升，苦酒五升，煮豆熟，出干，复纳法酒中，候酒尽止，末，酒服方寸匕，日三
度
又方∶舌上忽出血如簪孔。小豆一升，杵碎，水三升和，搅取汁饮。又方∶产后心闷目
生赤小豆杵末，东流
水服方寸匕。不瘥更服。梅师方∶治热毒下血，或因食热物发动。以
寸匕。又方∶治妇人乳肿不
得消。小豆、莽草等分，为末，苦酒和敷之
豆酱合鱼 食之成口疮。食
医心镜∶理脚肿满转上
暖之。又方∶主小便数
豆叶一斤，于豉汁中煮，调和作羹食之，煮粥亦佳。广利方∶治小儿火丹热如火，绕腰即损
人，救急。杵赤小豆末，和鸡子白敷之，干即易。必效方∶治水谷痢。小豆一合，和蜡三两，
醋敷之亦消。产宝治难产方∶赤小豆生吞七枚出，若是女，二七枚佳。产书云∶下乳汁。煮
衍义曰∶赤小豆，食之行小便，久则虚人，令人黑瘦、枯燥，关西河北、京东、西多食
之。
花治宿酒，渴病。
味甘、酸，性平，无毒。主治利水消肿，排出痈肿脓血，治疗寒热往来及中焦积热，缓解消渴症，止泻，通利小便，治疗呕吐逆气，突发疝气，以及腹部胀满。
陶隐居（陶弘景）说：大豆和小豆在分类上原本同属一条，就像葱和薤的关系一样。将大豆发芽后晒干，称为“黄卷”。使用时也需要炒制，是饮食养生所需之物。煮大豆，对温毒引起的水肿有显著疗效。另有白大豆，不入药。小豆的性质能逐出津液，长期服用会导致人体干枯粗糙。《唐本草》注解说：《名医别录》记载，小豆叶名为“藿”，能止住小便频数，去除烦热。现在考证：陈藏器《本草拾遗》记载：赤小豆与桑根白皮一起煮食，主治湿气引起的痹症肿胀。小豆与通草一起煮食，能下气无限，名为“脱气丸”。驴吃了脚变轻快。《蜀本草》注解说：患酒病发热，饮用其汁液即可痊愈。《药性论》记载：赤小豆，作为使药，味甘。能消除热毒痈肿，消散未尽的恶血，缓解烦闷胀满，治疗水肿，皮肤肌肉胀满。捣碎薄涂于痈肿处，主治小儿急黄烂疮。取汁液让人食欲大增。粉末与鸡蛋清调和，涂抹于热毒痈肿愈合处。能通气，健脾胃。陈士良说：赤小豆，微寒。能缩气行风，抽取肌肉中的邪气。长期食用使人消瘦，坚固筋骨，治疗水气病。能解小麦的热毒。日华子说：赤小豆粉，治疗烦躁，解除热毒，排脓，补益血脉，解开油衣粘连非常奇妙。叶子食用明目。
《图经本草》说：赤小豆，过去与大豆同列一条，苏恭将其分开。现在江淮地区尤其多种植。主治水气病，香港脚方：最为紧急时使用。方法是取此豆五合，大蒜一头，生姜一分，都捣碎，商陆根一条，切片，同水煮至豆烂，汤成后，趁适中的温度空腹食用，慢慢喝尽汤汁，肿胀立刻消退就停止。韦宙《独行方》治疗水肿，从脚起病侵入腹部则致命。也用赤小豆一斗，煮至极烂，取汁四、五升，温热浸泡膝盖以下。如果已经入腹，李绛《兵部手集方》也记载此法，说曾经有效。从前有人患香港脚，用此豆做袋子放在脚下，早晚辗转践踏，疾病于是痊愈。也主治丹毒。《短剧方》用赤小豆末和鸡蛋清，消散它。全身遍发的，也像上面方法遍涂。又有各种肿毒欲作痈疽者，用水调和往用有效。
《食疗本草》说：和鲤鱼烂煮食用，很治香港脚及大腹水肿。另有各种治疗，都在鱼条中。散气，去除关节烦热。令人心窍开通，止小便频数。绿色、红色的都可以吃。暴痢之后，气满不能食，煮一顿服用即愈。《千金方》：小豆三七枚，烧成屑，筛过，冷水顿服为佳。《肘后方》：辟除温病。取小豆，新布囊盛装，放入井中，三天取出。全家服用，男十枚，女二十枚。又一方：治疗肠痔，大便常出血。小豆一升，苦酒五升，煮豆熟，取出晒干，再放入苦酒中，等酒干为止，研末，酒送服方寸匕，每日三次。又一方：舌上忽然出血如针孔。小豆一升，捣碎，水三升混合，搅取汁饮。又一方：产后心闷目生赤小豆杵末，东流水服方寸匕。不好再服。梅师方：治疗热毒下血，或因食热物发动。以方寸匕。又一方：治疗妇人乳肿不得消。小豆、莽草等分，为末，苦酒和敷之。豆酱合鱼食之成口疮。
《食医心镜》：理脚肿满转上暖之。又一方：主小便数。豆叶一斤，于豉汁中煮，调和作羹食之，煮粥亦佳。《广利方》：治疗小儿火丹热如火，绕腰即损人，救急。杵赤小豆末，和鸡子白敷之，干即易。《必效方》：治水谷痢。小豆一合，和蜡三两，醋敷之亦消。《产宝》治难产方：赤小豆生吞七枚出，若是女，二七枚佳。《产书》云：下乳汁。煮衍义曰：赤小豆，食之行小便，久则虚人，令人黑瘦、枯燥，关西河北、京东、西多食之。花治宿酒，渴病。
Red Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis)
Taste: Sweet, sour. Nature: Neutral. Toxicity: Non-toxic. Indications: Mainly treats water retention and edema, discharges pus and blood from carbuncles and swellings, alleviates alternating chills and fever, clears heat in the middle jiao, relieves polydipsia (excessive thirst), stops diarrhea, promotes urination, treats vomiting and rebellious qi, sudden hernia, and abdominal distension.
Tao Hongjing states: Soybeans and adzuki beans were originally classified under the same category, similar to the relationship between scallions and wild garlic. When soybeans are sprouted and then dried, they are called "Huangjuan" (Yellow Sprouts). They also require roasting for use and are needed for dietary nourishment. Boiled soybeans have a remarkable effect on edema caused by warm toxins. There is also white soybean, which is not used in medicine. The nature of adzuki beans can drain body fluids; long-term consumption leads to dryness and roughness of the body. The *Tang Bencao* annotation states: The *Bie Lu* records that the leaf of the bean is named "Huo," which stops frequent urination and removes irritability and heat. Current research indicates: Chen Cangqi's *Bencao Shiyi* records that red adzuki beans boiled with the white bark of mulberry roots treat swelling caused by dampness bi-syndrome. Adzuki beans boiled with Tongsao (Prionotis root) promote downward movement of qi infinitely, named "Tuoqi Pill." Donkeys become lighter on their feet after eating them. The *Shu Bencao* annotation states: For alcohol-induced heat, drinking the juice cures it immediately. The *Yaoxing Lun* records: Red adzuki bean, as an assistant herb, tastes sweet. It can eliminate heat-toxin carbuncles and swellings, dissipate stagnant evil blood, relieve irritability and fullness, treat edema, and skin/muscle distension. Crushed and applied thinly to carbuncles, it treats acute yellow rot sores in children. Extracting the juice enhances appetite. Powder mixed with egg white applied to healing heat-toxin carbuncles promotes qi circulation and strengthens the spleen and stomach. Chen Shiliang states: Red adzuki bean is slightly cold. It condenses qi and moves wind, extracting pathogens from muscles. Long-term consumption makes one thin, strengthens bones and tendons, and treats water qi disorders. It resolves the heat toxin of wheat. Ri Hua Zi states: Red adzuki bean powder treats irritability, resolves heat toxins, discharges pus, tonifies blood vessels, and excellently resolves sticky oil stains. Leaves eaten brighten the eyes.
The *Tu Jing* states: Red adzuki beans were previously listed with soybeans; Su Gong separated them. Currently, they are widely planted in the Jianghuai region. They treat water qi disorders. For Hong Kong Foot (Gouty Arthritis/Podagra): Used when most urgent. Method: Take five he of these beans, one head of garlic, one fen of ginger, all crushed; one strip of Phellodendron root (Shanglu), sliced; boil together until beans are soft. When the decoction is ready, consume it on an empty stomach at a moderate temperature, sipping slowly until finished. Swelling subsides immediately, then stop. Wei Zhou's *Duxing Fang* treats edema starting from the feet entering the abdomen, which is fatal. Also uses one dou of red adzuki beans, boiled until very soft, taking four or five sheng of juice, warm compresses below the knees. If it has entered the abdomen, Li Jiang's *Bingbu Shouji Fang* also records this method, claiming efficacy. Once, someone suffered from Hong Kong Foot; using these beans made into a bag placed under the feet, rolling and treading morning and evening, the disease was cured. It also treats erysipelas (Dan Du). The *Duanju Fang* uses red adzuki bean powder mixed with egg white to dissipate it. For generalized cases, apply broadly as above. Various swelling toxins about to become abscesses are effectively treated by mixing with water and applying.
The *Shiliao* states: Boiled thoroughly with carp, it greatly treats Hong Kong Foot and massive abdominal edema. Other treatments are detailed in the Carp section. It disperses qi and removes joint irritability and heat. It opens the heart orifices and stops frequent urination. Both green and red varieties are edible. After acute dysentery, if one feels full and cannot eat, boiling and consuming one meal cures it. The *Qianjin Fang*: Thirty-seven adzuki beans, burned to ash, sifted, taken in one dose with cold water is best. The *Zhouhou Fang*: Prevents warm diseases. Take adzuki beans, store in a new cloth bag, place in a well, remove after three days. The whole family consumes them: males ten beans, females twenty beans. Another prescription: Treats intestinal hemorrhoids with constant blood in stool. One sheng of adzuki beans, five sheng of vinegar, boil beans until cooked, remove and dry, return to vinegar until liquid is exhausted, grind to powder, take one cun bi with wine, three times daily. Another prescription: Sudden bleeding from the tongue like needle holes. One sheng of adzuki beans, crushed, mixed with three sheng of water, stirred to extract juice and drink. Another prescription: Postpartum chest oppression and eye issues. Red adzuki bean ground to powder, taken with east-flowing water, one cun bi. Repeat if not cured. Mei Shi Fang: Treats lower bleeding due to heat toxin or triggering by hot foods. Use one cun bi. Another prescription: Treats persistent breast swelling in women. Equal parts adzuki bean and Caoshu (Aconitum carmichaelii side root), ground to powder, mixed with vinegar and applied. Eating bean paste with fish causes mouth sores.
The *Shiyi Xinjing*: Manages foot swelling turning upward with warmth. Another prescription: Treats frequent urination. One jin of bean leaves, boiled in fermented soybean juice, mixed to make soup, or porridge is good. The *Guangli Fang*: Treats pediatric fire erysipelas burning like fire around the waist, damaging people, for emergency rescue. Crush red adzuki bean powder, mix with egg white and apply, change when dry. The *Bixiao Fang*: Treats food-water dysentery. One he of adzuki beans, mixed with three liang of wax, applied with vinegar also dissipates. The *Chanbao* prescription for difficult labor: Swallow seven raw red adzuki beans to deliver; if female, fourteen beans are better. The *Chanshu* states: Promotes lactation. Boiling... Yan Yi states: Red adzuki bean promotes urination when eaten; long-term use weakens the person, causing darkening, thinning, and dryness. People in Guanxi, Hebei, Jingdong, and Jinxī eat it frequently. Flowers treat lingering alcohol intoxication and thirst diseases.