Black soybean (黑豆)

• Latin name：Glycine max
• Common names：Black bean, hei dou
• Nature：Sweet, neutral
• Part used：Seed

• Tonifies kidney yin, moves blood and water, resolves toxicity
• Traditional “grain of kidney” / black foods for kidney care (syndrome differentiation)

Harvest ripe seeds in autumn; dry. Cook thoroughly for food use.

Spherical or slightly flat black seed with white linear hilum.

• 黑豆核桃鲜鸭蛋汤
• 山药黑豆粥
• 补肾乌发粥
• Black Bean and Eucommia Bone-Nourishing Soup