What are the effects and functions of the Chinese herb Mucuna pruriens?

The Chinese medicine Mutong has the effect of diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of dribbling in the urine, small amount of urine that does not pass), and clearing the fire in the heart; it is used to treat conditions such as heat drenching (burning and stinging pain is obvious when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort from pulling in the lower abdomen) astringent pain, oedema, and paralysis and pain of dampness-heat. Mutong is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, is the dried vine stem of Mutong plant of Mutong family. This product has the effect of diuretic and diuresis, clearing fire in the heart, and passes through the menstruation and down the breast, and is used for feverish drenching and astringent pain, edema, urinary redness, menstrual closure, and damp-heat paralysis and pain, etc. Its adverse reactions and contraindications are still unclear, and pregnant women are advised to use it with caution. Mutong is generally not used alone in clinical practice, often combined with psyllium, talc, for bladder dampness and heat, gonorrhea and astringent pain; with raw dihuang, bamboo leaves, the treatment of heart fire on the inflammation, or heart fire downward movement caused by upset urinary redness. If you have any uncomfortable symptoms, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, to formulate an individualized diagnosis and treatment plan, do not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.