Mung beans, also known as green peas, the ancient name of green peas, plant beans, with grain, vegetables, green fertilizer and medicine and other uses. It is the traditional bean food of our people. Mung bean protein content is almost three times that of japonica rice, a variety of vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other inorganic salts are more than japonica rice. Therefore, it not only has a good food value, but also has a very good medicinal value, there is a "food grain of the world" said. In the hot summer, green bean soup is the people's favorite summer drink. Efficacy: mung beans are sweet and cool in nature, and have the function of clearing heat and detoxification. Summer working in a hot environment, people sweat more, water loss is great, the body's electrolyte balance was destroyed, with mung bean soup to supplement the most ideal way to clear the summer heat, thirst and diuretic, not only to replenish the water, but also in a timely manner to replenish the inorganic salts, to maintain the electrolyte balance of the fluid has an important significance. Mung bean porridge has a similar effect. Mung beans also have a detoxification effect. In case of organophosphorus pesticide poisoning, lead poisoning, alcohol poisoning (drunkenness) or eating the wrong medicine, etc., in the hospital before the rescue can be first irrigated with a bowl of mung bean soup for emergency treatment, often work in a toxic environment or contact with toxic substances, should often consume mung beans to detoxification health care. Regular consumption of mung beans can be supplemented with nutrients to enhance physical strength.

The healthiest way to consume green bean soup

Everyone knows that green bean soup has the effect of eliminating summer heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying the body, but how to do how to eat in order to play a different effect? In fact, the production and drinking of green bean soup is also very delicate. Experts reminded consumers, mung bean summer power in the skin, detoxification within the function, to "symptomatic" to eat, and add ingredients to the mung bean soup has a better therapeutic effect.

First of all, when drinking green bean soup, do not eat the beans together, only need to drink light soup. Mung bean cooking time is not too long, raw mung beans with cold water boil, strong fire and then cook for five or six minutes. However, it should be noted that mung beans belong to the cool medicinal products, cold body or cold spleen and stomach overdrinking, there will be abdominal pain and diarrhea, yin deficiency should not drink a lot of people, otherwise it will lead to a strong fire and the emergence of the corners of the mouth, swollen gums and other symptoms.

Secondly, the rotten mung bean soup heat detoxification effect is the best, because of its diuretic effect, so food or drug poisoning drink, but also play a role in eliminating toxins in the body, on the hot swollen, hot thirst, acne, etc. also have a certain effect, such as the mung bean soup cloudy color, the effect of the summer heat is not good, but there is a very strong effect of heat detoxification.

In addition, the effect of mung bean soup is not only to clear the heat and detoxification, it also has to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, to prevent atherosclerosis and other effects.

Some people should not drink more mung bean soup

Summer heat is prevalent, mung bean soup is the traditional Chinese folk summer delicacies. According to Chinese medicine, mung beans have the effect of eliminating summer heat, clearing heat and detoxification, moistening the throat and quenching thirst, preventing heatstroke, and treating food poisoning.

Modern medical research also believes that mung beans have a high nutritional value, protein content is more than chicken, calcium is 7 times that of chicken, iron is 4.5 times that of chicken, phosphorus is also more than chicken. These to promote and maintain the body's life development and various physiological functions have - a certain role. Relevant experiments also show that mung beans may be on the treatment of atherosclerosis, reduce blood cholesterol and liver protection have obvious effects.

But, nutritionists remind people: Although most people can safely drink green bean soup, there are not too many contraindications, but weak people, do not drink more. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, cold evidence of people also do not drink more. Because mung beans have the effect of detoxification, so people who are taking traditional Chinese medicine should also not drink more.

Red beans

Taste Flavor Flat, sweet and sour taste.

Effects Strengthens the spleen, stops diarrhea, and reduces swelling.

Suitable food Suitable for all types of edema, including renal edema, cardiac edema, cirrhosis, ascites, malnutrition edema, etc., such as with fish, carp or yellow hen with food, swelling power is better; suitable for postpartum lack of milk and postpartum edema, can be used alone with a small bean decoction of soup or porridge; suitable for obesity people to eat.

And this has its own advantages and disadvantages, to pattern the specific situation to eat.