| Function and treatment |
Relieving water and swelling, detoxifying and draining pus. Used for edema and swelling, swollen feet and limbs, jaundice and urinary redness, rheumatism and heat paralysis, carbuncle and sores, intestinal canker and abdominal pain. |
| Origin and best harvesting period |
Rice Bean is produced in Asia China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries, in China is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan and other places. Generally in the autumn when the fruit is ripe and for cracking pluck the whole plant, sun-dried and beat the seeds, remove impurities, and then dried in the sun. |
