CCTV International September 24, 2004 14:28
Five beans are the sum of red beans, soybeans, mung beans, lentils and black beans. Boiling these five beans into porridge can gather the essence of plant protein, and the biological nutritional value is greatly improved through food complementation. Eating five-bean porridge regularly can strengthen the spleen, harmonize the stomach, tonify the kidney, benefit the lung, remove fat, protect the liver, widen the intestine, benefit qi, and strengthen the body.
Red beans have the effects of promoting diuresis and dehumidification, promoting blood circulation and expelling pus, clearing away heat and toxic materials, relaxing intestines and benefiting qi, regulating menstruation and promoting lactation. It is especially suitable for the weak with anemia, deficiency of stomach and kidney.
Soybean has that effect of invigorating spleen, widen middle energizer, moistening dryness, eliminating wat, diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, removing dampness and diuresis. It is a good food for patients with cardiovascular disease and has certain curative effect on diabetes. Practice has proved that people who often eat soybeans or bean products have less diabetes.
Mung bean has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and diuresis, quenching thirst and relieving vexation, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure, relieving sore throat and moistening skin, removing fat and protecting liver. It is often used for the prevention and treatment of summer heat, polydipsia, nephritis and edema, sore and swelling, gastroenteritis, pharyngolaryngitis, etc.
Lentils have the effects of invigorating stomach, regulating middle warmer, eliminating summer heat and dampness, benefiting spleen and lowering qi, tonifying deficiency and stopping diarrhea. The ancient book "Yan nian mi Wei" said: "bean porridge and middle-nourishing five internal organs."
Black beans have the effects of promoting blood circulation and detoxicating, expelling wind and promoting diuresis, tonifying kidney and nourishing yin, relieving exterior syndrome and clearing heat, nourishing liver and improving eyesight.
After washing the above five beans, soak them overnight, and after washing the next day, cook porridge slowly with slow fire, which will have a good effect if eaten regularly.