Botanical Index No. 962

Soybean

glycine max

Medicinal Actions

Antiangiogenic, Anticancer, Antidiabetic, Antiprostatitic, Cardioprotective, Chemopreventive, Estrogenic, Hepatoprotective, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypotensive, Lipolytic, Lipotropic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Aging Alcoholism Anemia Anorexia Arthrosis BPH Cancer Cardiopathy Cerebrosis Cholecystosis Confusion Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Edema Endometriosis Enterosis Fibrosis Gastrosis Hepatosis High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hyperhydrosis Hyperlipoproteinemia Melanoma Menopause Nephrosis Neurosis Osteoporosis Pain Retinosis Rickets Sore Steatosis Syndrome-X Toxemia Tuberculosis

General Dosage

1–3 g phospholipids/day.

Safety & Contraindications

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects — Not covered. No hazards or major side effects known when administered properly. Occasional GI problems, diarrhea, gastralgia, and loose stool. Enriched phosphatidylcholine is hepatoprotective, hepatoregenerative, and hypocholesterolemic. NOTE: Commission E does not list soybean as an approved herb. It approves soy lecithin for hypercholesterolemia, and soy phospholipid for hepatosis and hypercholesterolemia. I am scoring the whole soy as a container of daidzein, genistein, lecithin, and phospholipids. Most food grade legumes contain these.

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