Mung bean porridge refers to porridge made by mixing and boiling mung beans as the main raw materials. Mung bean, also known as green adzuki bean, is named after its green color. It is rich in protein, vitamins and trace elements. It has high nutritional value and is a very healthy natural food. Mung bean porridge is a common miscellaneous cereal porridge, which is cold and sweet, suitable for summer consumption, and has the effects of detoxification, lipid reduction and bacteriostasis.

First, the nutritional value of mung beans.

1. Mung beans are rich in protein and eight essential amino acids, including amino acids, tryptophan, lysine, leucine and threonine. Mung beans are high in cellulose and low in fat, mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Mung bean porridge is rich in B vitamins, minerals and other nutrients and various phospholipids needed by the human body.

2, mung bean porridge is relatively high in nutrition, as well as energy and carbohydrates necessary for the human body. Mung bean porridge can be used as a staple food in daily life, which is of great benefit to removing moisture, especially in summer.

3. Mung beans contain 22%-26% protein. Compared with cereals, mung bean protein contains 2-5 times of 8 amino acids necessary for human body, and is rich in whole protein of amino acids, tryptophan, lysine, leucine and threonine.

4, it contains about 50% starch, low fat content, rich in B vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. At the same time, it contains coumarin, alkaloids, phytosterols, saponins and other bioactive substances. It has effects in stimulating appetite, reducing blood lipid and cholesterol, resisting allergy, detoxicating and protecting liver.

Second, the efficacy and role of mung beans

1, the effect of mung bean porridge is to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, induce diuresis and relieve stranguria, and detoxify and reduce swelling. Clinically, it is used for relieving summer-heat, promoting fluid production and clearing heat, and has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with heatstroke, poisoning and high humidity.

2. Mung bean porridge is not only a dessert in summer, but also a medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials, which has the functions of anti-inflammation, sterilization and swallowing. Its seeds and soup contain alkaloids, coumarins, phytosterols and other physiologically active substances, which play an important role in promoting the physiological metabolism of people and animals.

Mung bean porridge is widely used in clinic, but it is not suitable for some people. For example, people with weak constitution, colds and other Chinese medicine practitioners are not suitable for eating mung bean porridge.