With the arrival of hot weather, many families like to start making mung bean soup. But not everyone can drink mung bean soup. So, who can’t drink mung bean soup? Let’s learn about it with me from 5H Network.

Who should not drink mung bean soup

Mung bean soup has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is the best health food for reducing heat in summer. However, when things go to extremes, they must be reversed. If you eat too much mung bean soup, it will reduce the fire too much. It may also fail to reduce the fire and cause harm to the body! Let me remind you that mung bean soup is not suitable for everyone, and there are some dietary taboos that need to be paid attention to when eating mung bean soup.

Who can’t drink mung bean soup

1. People with weak constitution are prone to indigestion and diarrhea

Because mung beans contain more protein than chicken, large Molecular proteins need to be converted into small molecule peptides and amino acids under the action of enzymes before they can be absorbed by the body. These people have poor gastrointestinal digestive function and are prone to diarrhea due to indigestion.

2. People with a cold constitution will have diarrhea and loose stools if they drink too much

People with a cold constitution will have cold and weak limbs, cold and painful waist and legs, diarrhea and loose stools, etc. . Eating mung beans will aggravate symptoms and even cause digestive system diseases such as diarrhea (in severe cases, dehydration), joint and muscle pain caused by stagnation of qi and blood, chronic gastritis caused by cold stomach and weak spleen and stomach. Drinking mung bean soup can prevent heatstroke, treat food poisoning, etc. It also has certain effects on heat swelling, heat thirst, heat dysentery, acne, etc. However, it is not suitable for people with cold constitution, weak constitution or taking medicine.

3. Excessive consumption of mung bean soup may cause gastrointestinal diseases

For ordinary people, excessive consumption of mung bean soup may cause gastrointestinal diseases such as stomach cold and diarrhea. Women who drink too much mung bean soup may suffer from gynecological symptoms such as leucorrhea, abdominal distension, and dysmenorrhea.

4. Drinking mung bean soup on an empty stomach is not good for the stomach.

Do not drink it on an empty stomach. Mung bean soup is cold in nature and drinking it on an empty stomach is not good for the stomach.

5. Mung beans and traditional Chinese medicine cannot be taken together

People often say: "Don't eat mung beans when taking traditional Chinese medicine to avoid antidote." "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Mung beans have a sweet smell. Cold, non-toxic...it can detoxify all herbs, cattle, horses, metals and stones." Folk boiled mung bean soup is also often used as one of the first aid methods for drug poisoning. Therefore, the saying that mung beans and traditional Chinese medicine cannot be taken together has been passed down.

Mung beans themselves are a traditional Chinese medicine that can reduce heat and detoxify. If you suffer from exogenous wind-heat, carbuncle erysipelas, internal heat invasion and other febrile and sexually transmitted diseases, you can take mung bean soup as usual when taking traditional Chinese medicine, which will complement each other. If you suffer from gastrointestinal weakness, soreness and weakness in the limbs, general chills, cold pain in the waist and legs, loose stools and diarrhea, you should avoid mung beans. Otherwise, it will not only reduce the efficacy of the drug, but also aggravate the condition. It can be seen that whether you can eat mung beans when taking traditional Chinese medicine cannot be generalized. It should be determined according to the condition of the disease, the deficiency and excess of cold and heat, and the nature and taste of the traditional Chinese medicine taken.

6. Don’t drink mung bean soup every day

It’s okay to drink it in moderation. Generally, adults drink it 2 to 3 times a week, one bowl each time. For young children, it depends on their physical constitution. It is best to consult a doctor first. Generally speaking, when children start eating porridge between the ages of 2 and 3, they can add an appropriate amount of mung beans. Only after 6 years old can you drink the adult amount.

What diseases can mung beans cure?

1. Treatment of high blood pressure: equal amounts of sulfur and mung beans (wrap with gauze), add water and boil for 2 hours, take out the sulfur and dry it, add wine to make rhubarb 20 tablets, 4 tablets each time, taken once a day after meals, 10 days as a course of treatment, with an interval of 5 days. 107 cases were treated, with a cure rate of 68.22 and an effective rate of 93.46.

2. Treatment of mumps: Put 60 grams of raw mung beans in a small pot and cook until almost cooked. Add 2 to 3 cabbage hearts, cook for about 20 minutes, take the juice and take it once a day. ~2 times. 34 cases were treated (course of illness was 3 to 4 days), and all were cured. It is better if used in the early stage of the disease.

3. Treatment of boils: 1 carp (weighing about 60-90 grams), 100 grams of mung beans, cooked and eaten with soup and beans, taken for 3-5 days, 20 cases of refractory boils were treated. 18 cases were cured and 2 cases were ineffective.

4. Treatment of lacquer sores: Wash 60 grams of mung beans and 30 grams of coix kernels, add appropriate amount of water, and simmer; add appropriate amount of sugar, and take the soup once with a meal, 1 dose per day. In addition, use 60 grams of raw mung beans, soak them in boiling water for 12 hours, take them out and mash them into a paste, and apply them externally to the affected area several times a day. Twelve cases were treated, and the rashes subsided within 4 days and were clinically cured.

5. Treatment of recurrent aphtha: 1 egg, appropriate amount of mung beans. Crack the eggs into a bowl and make a paste, put the mung beans into a casserole, soak in cold water for 10 to 20 minutes and then boil. Pour the boiled mung beans into the egg paste and drink once a day, morning and evening. 70 cases were treated and usually recovered within 3 days.

6. Treatment of heat stroke: 500 grams of mung beans, 30 grams of licorice, add 5000 ml of water, cook until the mung beans bloom, and drink tea after cooling, which can be used to prevent heat stroke and dehumidify.

7. Treatment of poisoning

(1) Take half a bowl of raw mung bean milk each time to treat 2 cases of 1059 pesticide poisoning, and both recovered after taking it 3 times.

(2) Mung bean licorice detoxification soup based on 120 grams of mung beans, take one dose day and night (one dose every 6 hours if necessary), or put it through a gastric tube. If you can eat, you can take it as much as possible Drinking mung bean soup, one case each of phenytoin poisoning, dichlorvos poisoning, and chlordiazepoxide poisoning was cured.