GLYCINE MAX MERRILL.
Soya bean has become a very popular plant in most parts of the world owing to its food value. The plant grows upto 2 metres high. The leaves are ovate and the papilionacious flowers are not very conspicuous. The seeds are borne in hairy pods and may vary in number from two to five in each pod. Soya bean is one of the best foods for malnutrition as it contains a very high percentage of proteins. Just 50 grams of soyabean flour a day recuperates body weight. Soya milk as adapted to infants’ diets, especially when they are allergic to their mother’s milk or animal milk. Soya bean is a good substitute for meat.
Medicinal use:
- Malnutrition.
- Allergies.
- Diabetes.
- Skin and eye diseases.
- Dandruff.
- Good laxative.
- Promotes growth of hair.
- The consumption of soya bean is recommended for diabetics.
- Soya bean oil is a good remedy for various skin diseases.
- When the oil is applied over the head it removes dandruff.
- It is a good laxative.
- The poultice of the flowers is used for eye diseases.
- The application of the crushed sprouted seeds promotes growth of hair, in the case of baldness.
- The consumption or sprouted seeds is also recommended for rheumatism.
Parts used
Flowers, seeds, and oil.
Dose
As indicated above.
Flowers, seeds, and oil.
Dose
As indicated above.
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