Red beans are also called adzuki beans and adzuki beans. Perhaps, we only remember that red beans can express the pain of lovesickness, but we don’t know that it also has the effect of clearing away heat and removing moisture. It has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that red beans are sweet, sour, and neutral in nature, and enter the heart, spleen, lungs, and small intestine meridians. They have the effects of diuresis and swelling, detoxification and pus, and removal of dampness and heat. For people with damp-heat constitution, this is also a good food. Excellent product for improving physical fitness.

Red beans have always been a good medicine for diluting water, reducing swelling, and clearing away heat. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", "(red beans) clear away heat and blood, diuretic, stimulate menstruation, widen the intestines and regulate qi." That is to say, red beans are not only It can dilute water, reduce swelling, clear away heat, nourish blood, regulate qi, and dredge meridians. Red beans themselves are also very rich in nutrients. In addition to protein, vitamins, and carbohydrates, they also contain saponins, nicotinic acid, etc. that are rare in other beans. These substances are good for nourishing blood. Therefore, red beans are also known as The famous doctor Li Shizhen calls it the "Valley of the Heart".

In fact, Chinese people have a long history of eating red beans. Red bean rice, red bean porridge, etc. are all people’s favorite staple foods. Moreover, it also has good medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can not only be used for falling diseases. It can treat bruises, congestion, swelling and pain, and is very suitable for people with hot and humid constitutions to eat in midsummer. Modern medical research has found that red beans contain a large amount of fiber substances that can improve constipation, as well as potassium that promotes diuresis. Both of these ingredients can excrete unnecessary substances such as cholesterol and salt to the body. Because of this, it has Good detoxification effect.

Since red beans are so beneficial to those with damp-heat constitution, then, let’s introduce some ways to make red beans. Red Bean and Purple Rice Soup

The preparation of this soup is very simple. Prepare 200 grams of red beans, 200 grams of purple rice, and an appropriate amount of honey; clean the red beans and purple rice and soak them overnight; After all the water is poured out, add an appropriate amount of new water and boil it over high heat, then switch to low heat and cook until it is cooked; finally add an appropriate amount of honey and it is ready to eat.

This porridge has a good diuretic effect and helps to lose weight. Due to the high carbohydrate content of red beans, people with hot and humid constitutions can use it as daily food. However, it should be noted that purple rice is not easy to eat. digestion, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time. Red Bean and Spare Ribs Soup

The recipe for this soup is as follows. Prepare 150 grams of red beans, 500 grams of pork ribs, 5 grams of tangerine peel, and an appropriate amount of salt; first soak the red beans and tangerine peel with water and wash them, then wash the ribs. Cut into pieces; add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat. At this time, add the prepared red beans, ribs, and tangerine peel, and simmer over slow heat until the red beans are cooked; finally add an appropriate amount of salt to taste and drink.

This soup is not only delicious, but also has the effects of moistening the intestines, laxative, diuresis and reducing swelling. Braised black-bone chicken with red beans and water chestnuts

The recipe for this dish is to prepare 50 grams of red beans, half a black-bone chicken, and an appropriate amount of red dates, water chestnuts, green onions, ginger, cooking wine, pepper, salt, and MSG; add the red beans with Soak in warm water, chop the black-bone chicken into pieces, peel and slice the water chestnuts and ginger, and cut the green onion into sections; pour water into the pot, add the black-bone chicken when the water boils, cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, then remove and rinse; add the red beans, Put black-bone chicken, red dates, water chestnuts, and ginger into a casserole, add broth, cooking wine, and pepper and simmer over medium heat, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours; add salt and MSG and continue to simmer for 15 minutes, sprinkle with scallions and serve. .

This soup is not only rich in nutrients, but also has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, diuresis and reducing swelling. Warm reminder

Finally, everyone needs to pay attention to the fact that although red beans have many benefits for people with damp-heat constitution, it does not have a good effect on all damp-heat syndromes. For those who want to improve themselves For people with weak constitutions, it is best to eat red beans according to their own conditions, and they must not eat blindly. We must know that everything is too much and too little is too much. Once we fail to tailor our clothes to suit our needs, not only will we not be able to achieve the goal of improving our physical fitness, but it will also cause other diseases, so the gains outweigh the losses.

From the above content, it is not difficult to see that red beans have a certain effect on improving the physical fitness of people with hot and humid constitutions.

However, not all foods can be eaten with red beans. If the two foods conflict with each other, they can easily cause some diseases, such as salt. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that red beans cannot be eaten together with salt, because if the two are eaten together, the salt will cause water retention in the body, which will not only halve the medicinal effect of red beans, but sometimes also cause other diseases.