I don't have anything particularly recent but:

Beans - (From Culpeper) They are plants of Venus, and the distilled water of the flower of garden beans is good to clean the face and skin from spots and wrinkles; and the meal or flower of them , or the small beans, doth the same. The water distilled from the green husks, is held to be very effectual against the stone and to provoke urine. Bean-flower is used in poultices to assuage inflammation arising from wounds, and the swelling of womenÂs breasts caused by the curdling of their milk, and represseth their milk  The husks boiled in water to the consumption of a third part thereof, stayeth a lask; and the ashes of the husks made up with old hogÂs grease, helpeth the old pains, contusions and wounds of the sinews, the sciatica and gout. If kidney beans count, here's a link: http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/beakid21.html

Peas - (From Culpeper) ... are good to sweeten the blood, and correct salt scorbutic illness, either raw or boiled. (From a Joanne Asala cookbook so I'm not sure of veracity) If you happen to find a pod containing exactly 9 peas, hang it above your door. The next person to walk in will be your future mate - supposedly english folk belief

Beetroot - (From Culpeper) ... Red beet: Â is good to stay the bloody flux, womenÂs courses, and the whites, and to help the yellow jaundice. The juice of the root put into the nostrils, purgeth the head, helpeth the noise in the ears, and the tooth-ach and the juicesnuffed up the nose helps a stinking breath Â

White beet:  doth much loosen the belly, and is of cleansing digesting quality and provoketh urine: the juice of it openeth obstructions, boh of the liver and spleen, and is good for headache, and swimmings therein and turnings of the brain; and is effectual also against all venomous creatures  the juice of it received into the nostrils occasions sneezing.  It is also good for all wheals, pushes, blisters, and blains in the skin; the herb boiled, and laid upon chilblains or kibes helpeth them  .

Thanks, Makalu. I have a copy of Culpeper, but I don't usually use him as a reference. I must say I don't fancy putting beetroot juice up my nose! I wonder how you're supposed to get it to stay there?

All I can say is that folks of old must have been of more rugged stock than us ... I can't imagine snorting beet juice for fun either!!!