White beans, also known as eyebrow beans or white eyebrow beans, is a legume bean seeds, spherical or flat round, slightly larger than soybeans, there are also shaped like cashews, also known as rice cowpeas, rice beans, rice beans, sweet peas and so on. It belongs to dry beans and products, distributed in Hebei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces in China, Vietnam also has products. Meibou is the customary name for white beans in Guangdong. Li Shizhen said, "This bean can be vegetables, fruit, grain, spare the best, is the top of the beans.

White beans are divided into large white beans and small white beans, which can be eaten as vegetables when the seedlings are tender, and are also good for eating raw. The seeds are white and earthy yellow, the big white beans are like the size of a broad bean, and the small white beans are like the size of a green bean, but longer than a green bean.

The medicinal and dietary value of white beans

Medicinal value:

White beans are sweet in flavor, flat in nature and non-toxic. It can nourish the five organs, regulate the middle, and help the twelve meridians. It can also warm the intestines and stomach, and drive away yin and cold. It is a kidney food, and people suffering from kidney disease can eat more appropriately.

Food value:

1, white beans provide easy to digest and absorb high-quality protein eggs, moderate carbohydrates and a variety of vitamins, trace elements, etc., to supplement the body's nutrients, improve immunity;

2, white beans contain vitamin B1 can maintain normal secretion of the digestive glands and gastrointestinal peristalsis of the function of the gastrointestinal tract, inhibit the activity of cholinesterase, which can help digestion, improve appetite.

3, white beans of phospholipids have to promote insulin secretion, participate in the role of sugar metabolism, is the ideal food for diabetics.

White beans dietary taboos

Suitable for the crowd: spleen and stomach qi deficiency and kidney deficiency; diarrhea, frequent urination; men spermatorrhea, women under the disease.

Contraindications: avoid food for people with gas stagnation and bloating, and eat with caution for weight loss.