BLACK BEAN GREEN BEAN

BLACK BEAN, GREEN BEAN, etc. (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) +++

The herbal PDR, which erroneously attributes the origin of the plant to India (it is native American), also says: Chromium salts present in the drug (greenbean) may cause an antidiabetic effect. Seeds of this species as black beans, brown beans, kidney beans, etc., may be as rich in the estrogenic isoflavone, genistein, as soybean. And the seeds are much lower in fat than soy seeds; so Jim Duke says that the health benefits of soy may very well carry over to kidney beans, etc., perhaps with even better health benefits. So, I give black bean the same scores I give soybean, better for cholesterol, etc., since the black bean has a much better fat:protein ratio than the soy bean.

 Activities (Black Bean):
- Antiaggregant (1; FNF); Antiangiogenic (1; FNF); Antibacterial (1; WBB); Anticancer (1; FNF); Antidepressant (1; FNF); Antidiabetic (1; PHR; PH2); Antileukemic (1; FNF); Antilymphomic (1; FNF); Antimelanomic (1; FNF); Antiprostatitic (1; FNF); Antipyretic (f; CRC); Antiviral (1; MPI); Apoptotic (1; FNF); Cardioprotective (1; FNF); Carminative (f; CRC; EFS); Chemopreventive (1; FNF); Depurative (f; CRC; EFS); Diaphoretic (f; CRC); Diuretic (2; PHR; KOM); Emmenagogue (f; CRC); Emollient (f; CRC; SKJ); Estrogenic (1; FNF; JAD); Fungicide (1; CRC; DAA); Hepatoprotective (1; FNF); Hypocholesterolemic (1; FNF; JAD); Hypoglycemic (1; DAA); Hypotensive (1; FNF); Lipolytic (1; FNF); Lipotropic (1; FNF); Mutagenic (f; MPI); Resolvent (f; CRC; EFS).

Indications (Black Bean):
- Acne (f; CRC); Albuminuria (f; CRC); Alcoholism (1; FNF); Anemia (1; FNF); Anorexia (1; FNF); Anuria (2; KOM); Bacteria (1; WBB); Bladder Stone (2; PHR); BPH (1; FNF); Burn (f; CRC); Cancer (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, blood (1; DAA; FNF); Cancer, breast; (1; FNF; JLH); Cancer, testicle (1; FNF; JLH); Cardiopathy (1; FNF); Cholecystosis (f; PHR); Cold (f; CRC); Cystosis (1; CRC; MAD; PHR); Depression (1; FNF); Dermatosis (f; FNF); Diabetes (1; CRC; DAA; FNF; MAD; PHR; PH2); Diarrhea (f; CRC); Dropsy (f; CRC; MAD); Dysentery (f; CRC); Dysuria (1; PHR); Eczema (f; CRC); Edema (f; FNF); Endometriosis (1; FNF; TGP); Enterosis (1; FNF); ERT (1; FNF); Fever (f; CRC); Fibrosis (f; FNF); Fungus (1; CRC; DAA); Gas (f; CRC; EFS); Gastrosis (f; FNF); Glaucoma (1; FNF); Gout (f; MAD); Headache (f; CRC);
Heart (f; CRC); Hematuria (f; MAD); Hepatosis (1; FNF); Hiccup (f; CRC); High Blood Pressure (1; FNF); High Cholesterol (1; FNF; JAD); Hot Flashes (1; FNF); Hyperglycemia (1; DAA); Hyperlipoproteinemia (1; FNF); Infection (1; CRC; DAA; PHR; PH2; WBB); Itch (f; CRC); Kidney Stone (2; PHR); Leukemia (1; FNF); Lymphoma (1; FNF); Melanoma (1; FNF); Menopause (1; FNF; JAD); Mycosis (1; CRC; DAA); Nephrosis (f; CRC; DAA; FNF; PHR); Neurosis (f; FNF); Obesity (1; FNF); Osteoporosis (1; FNF; JAD); Pain (f; JLH); Pericardosis (f; MAD); Pleurosis (f; MAD); Retinosis (1; FNF); Rheumatism (f; CRC; DAD; MAD); Rickets (f; FNF); Sciatica (f; CRC; DAA); Scurvy (f; CRC); Sore (f; FNF; JLH); Steatosis (f; FNF); Stone (2; PHR; PH2); Syndrome-X (1; FNF; SYN); Tenesmus (f; CRC); Toxemia (f; FNF); Tuberculosis (f; FNF); Tumor (f; CRC; JLH); Ulcer (f; JLH); UTI (2; PHR); Virus (1; MPI); Wart (f; CRC); Water Retention (2; KOM; MAD; PHR).

Dosages (Black Bean):
- Drink the string bean pot likker as food farmacy, and eat the string beans (JAD); I often enjoy 100 - 200 g with diced raw onion; 0.5 cup seed (100 g) as food (JAD); 5 - 15 g herb (green pod)/day (KOM; PHR); pour hot water over 2.5 g dry powdered pods.

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Black Bean):
- Not covered by AHP. None known (KOM). Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages (PH2). The Herbal PDR hints that poisonings due to over consumption of too many raw beans is not impossible, due to lectins, which are destroyed by cooking. Symptoms include diarrhea, gastroenterosis, and vomiting. Of course, overconsumption of dry bean seeds can also lead to GI distress such as flatus and dyspepsia.