Bai Bian Dou Seed vs Aucklandia lappa

Side-by-side comparison of medicinal herbs

Herb

Bai Bian Dou Seed

Dolichos lablab

Digestive

Digestive

Bai Bian Dou Seed

✅ Generally safe in pregnancy

✅ Generally safe while nursing

Aucklandia lappa

❌ Not recommended in pregnancy

❌ Not recommended while nursing

Description

TCM food-medicine that strengthens spleen and resolves summer damp; gentle heat for deficient cold spleen.

Fragrant TCM herb that moves liver and spleen qi; used for abdominal pain and digestive stagnation.

Active Compounds

phaseolins, lectins, phytohaemagglutinin, tannins, polysaccharides

costunolide, dehydrocostus lactone, aplotaxene, cynaropicrin, inulin

Traditional Uses

Strengthens spleen and resolves summer damp, Summer heat conditions, Vomiting and diarrhea from damp, Food medicine gentle tonic

abdominal pain, digestive stagnation, nausea, liver qi stagnation

Modern Uses

Digestive, Antiemetic, Anti-inflammatory, Antidiarrheal

carminative, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, prokinetic

Adult Dosage

9-15g dried; eaten as food

1.5-6g dried root or 200mg extract daily

Contraindications

Excess damp conditions

yin deficiency heat, excessive fire conditions

Side Effects

Generally very safe

GI upset, generally safe at therapeutic doses

Drug Interactions

0 known interactions

Reviewed by: HerbAlly Editorial Team, Medical herbalists and healthcare professionals

Sources: WHO Monographs · NCCIH · PubMed · Commission E