Bean vegetables mainly include lentils, sword beans, peas and cowpeas. Most people only know that it contains more high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids (good fat), and the contents of minerals and vitamins are higher than other vegetables, but they don't know that they also have important medicinal value.
Chinese medicine believes that leguminous vegetables are flat in nature and have the effect of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen, which is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. But according to different species, its dietotherapy effect is also different.
Lentils: mostly eaten in summer and autumn. It can treat anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting, female leucorrhea and other symptoms caused by spleen and stomach weakness. Diabetic patients often feel thirsty because of weak spleen and stomach, so it is best to eat more lentils at ordinary times. Women can fry lentils into powder, 6- 12g each time, and take them with glutinous rice wine or warm water to relieve leucorrhea symptoms.
Sword bean: sweet in taste and warm in nature, it has the functions of warming the spleen and stomach, lowering qi, benefiting the kidney and replenishing vitality. It is suitable for symptoms such as qi stagnation, burping, chest tightness and discomfort, and low back pain. Tender sword beans are used for cooking or pickles, which are not only delicious, but also have the effect of warming up; Concanavalin has the best therapeutic effect on hiccups.
Cowpea: That's what we call beans. Besides invigorating the spleen and stomach, tonifying the kidney is the most important. Li Shizhen once praised him for "regulating middle energizer, benefiting kidney and stomach, harmonizing five internal organs, regulating ying and Wei, and producing essence". The so-called "Wei Ying" refers to Wei Ying's two qi, which can fully guarantee people's sleep quality if it is adjusted. In addition, eating cowpea can also treat vomiting, burping and other discomfort. When the child has indigestion and flatulence, it can play a certain role in relieving it by using a proper amount of raw cowpea and swallowing it carefully.
Peas: Peas are sweet and flat. Regular consumption can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi and induce diuresis. It is suitable for anorexia and abdominal distension caused by weakness of spleen and stomach. Eating it by lactating women also helps to increase the amount of milk.