Chinese medicine believes that keeping in good health in summer focuses on nourishing the heart. The summer temperature is hot and easy to sweat and lose potassium (lack of fatigue), and the summer heat and humidity are also easy to lead to spleen deficiency and fatigue. Chinese medicine believes that red beans can clear away heat and dampness, reduce swelling and detoxify, clear the heart and relieve annoyance, replenish blood and soothe the nerves, and can also supplement nutrients such as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium for the body.

Red beans can be made into soup, porridge or summer dessert, which can not only increase appetite, but also supplement potassium ions in large quantities to avoid hypokalemia in summer. In addition, at the end of summer, people sweat more and urinate less, especially the elderly with poor heart and kidney function, which are more prone to edema of both lower limbs. Eating red beans in soup with shad or carp has a good diuretic and detumescence effect, and is also a good dietotherapy for beriberi, ascites and physical weakness and drowsiness.

The nourishing effect of red beans has been recognized by doctors since ancient times. Five colors are matched with five zang-organs, and red beans are reddish in color and enter the heart. Therefore, Li Shizhen called red beans "the valley of the heart" and emphasized the nourishing effect of red beans. Clinically, red beans can not only clear the heart fire, but also make up the hard work. It is rich in crude fiber, which is helpful to reduce blood fat, blood pressure and improve heart activity in clinic. At the same time, it is rich in iron, which can promote qi circulation and replenish blood, and is very suitable for women with insufficient blood.

How to make all kinds of delicious red bean soup

1, simple red bean soup

Ingredients: 3000g of adzuki bean, 200g of white sugar.

Method: Wash the red beans first, add water and boil them with strong fire, then stew them with slow fire until they are crisp and rotten, and then add sugar and evaporate them.

2. Heat-clearing and detoxicating red bean soup

Ingredients: 500g of adzuki bean and 200g of white sugar (suggestion: 5 persons).

Method: first wash the red beans, add water and boil them with strong fire; Use slow fire to stew until crisp and rotten, and then add sugar to boil.

Health-preserving efficacy: adzuki bean tastes sweet, acidic and slightly cold, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, detoxicating and eliminating carbuncle, and eliminating dampness and heat. This soup has the effects of relieving summer heat, diuresis, invigorating stomach, benefiting liver, spleen and kidney.

3. Dewatering Xiaozhong Decoction

Method: Wash and soak 20 grams of raw Coicis Semen and 30 grams of red beans for about half a day, and drain them for later use. Coix seed is boiled in water until it is semi-soft. Add red beans and cook, then add rock sugar. When it is dissolved, turn off the fire and serve.

Efficacy: It is helpful for beauty, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

4, lotus seed lily red bean paste

Method: 50g of red beans, 30g of white lotus seeds, 0g of lily10g, a proper amount of dried tangerine peel and 50g of rock sugar. Soak the washed red beans for two hours, boil the water, add all the ingredients and cook for two hours.

Efficacy: invigorating spleen and kidney, consolidating essence and qi, strengthening bones and muscles, and enhancing physical strength.