Uses

ID 675
Crop ID French Bean (Common Bean)
Part Seed
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The seed is diuretic, hypoglycaemic and hypotensive. Ground into a flour, it is used externally in the treatment of ulcers. The seed is also used in the treatment of cancer of the blood. When bruised and boiled with garlic they have cured intractable coughs.
Metadata ID 8,263