Dried beans: that is, beans dehydrated by drying soft beans such as soybeans, mung beans and red beans.
Red beans: Red beans are divided into long cowpea and rice cowpea. Long red beans, which we call long beans, are often eaten as vegetables; Rice red beans can be cooked with rice porridge or made into bean paste stuffing. Cowpea is sweet in taste, has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and stopping leukorrhagia, and is especially suitable for people with dyspepsia, abdominal distension, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency and increased leucorrhea caused by spleen and stomach weakness.
Kidney bean: Kidney bean, also known as kidney bean, is sweet and mild in taste and warm in nature, and has the effects of warming the middle and lower qi, benefiting the stomach, stopping hiccups, benefiting the kidney and replenishing vitality. It is not only rich in protein, calcium, iron and other trace elements, but also has the characteristics of high potassium, high magnesium and low sodium. It is especially suitable for people with heart disease and kidney disease and hypertension who need low sodium and low potassium diet. When eating, be careful to cook it thoroughly, otherwise it will cause poisoning.
Black beans: Black beans are sweet and flat, and have the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening body, promoting blood circulation and diuresis, and detoxifying, especially suitable for people with kidney deficiency. For patients with lumbago and tinnitus caused by kidney deficiency, 50 grams of black beans and 500 grams of dog meat can be boiled together and eaten with various condiments. In addition, black beans also have the reputation of "black-haired lady". Soymilk and tofu made from them are the best dietotherapy products for patients with premature gray hair and alopecia caused by kidney deficiency.
Broad bean: Broad bean tastes sweet and flat, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, especially suitable for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea. However, broad beans should not be eaten raw or eaten more to prevent bloating. It is particularly important to note that a few people will have acute hemolytic anemia after eating broad beans, which is also commonly known as "broad bean yellow disease" and should be sent to hospital as soon as possible.
Chickpea: Compared with other beans, chickpea has a particularly prominent therapeutic effect. It is rich in Xinjiang, China, and is named after the shape of beans resembles the eagle head. It has antidiarrheal, detoxicating and body building effects, and is rich in isoflavones, chickpea sprouts and other active ingredients and dietary fiber, and has the function of lowering blood sugar. It can also be used to treat bronchitis, mucositis, constipation, dysentery, flatulence, skin itching, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. In addition, chickpeas are also rich in anti-inflammatory functional factors, and people with inflammation should drink more chickpea porridge.
Baiyudou: Baiyudou, a famous characteristic agricultural product in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, is named after its milky white color like jade. White jade bean is a kind of annual creeping kidney bean, which has high requirements for the natural environment and strong regional limitations. It has been planted in some mountainous areas of Yushan and Sanqing (now there is also a small amount of planting in Shangrao and its surrounding areas in Jiangxi). The shape of white bean is flat and oval, like kidney, and the skin of white bean is pure white and smooth, as big as broad bean. There are a lot of starch and protein, which can be made into sweet food, salty food, stir-fried materials and cooked into delicious food, which is fragrant and delicious like white lotus. According to the quality testing center of processed products of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanqing bean contains moderate sugar, reducing sugar and protamine, but the contents of calcium, phosphorus, copper, iron and zinc are obviously higher than other bean products, and it also contains 10 kinds of essential amino acids, so it is very nutritious. Like other beans, it is necessary to process cooked food because it contains anti-nutrients. Due to the limitation of production and transportation, its consumer groups are mainly in Jiangxi and its surrounding provinces and cities.