1. Red beans or mung beans are better
According to ancient Chinese medicine, red beans are flat in nature, sweet and sour, non-toxic, and have the functions of nourishing and strengthening the body, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting milk circulation and enriching blood, which is especially suitable for dietotherapy for patients with various edema. Modern research has found that red beans also contain a saponin substance, which can promote defecation and urination, and has an auxiliary treatment effect on edema caused by heart disease or kidney disease.
Mung beans are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Mung beans are rich in protein, and the protein content of raw green soybean milk ground by water immersion of raw mung beans is quite high, which can protect gastrointestinal mucosa by oral administration. In addition, the phytosterol contained in mung beans can reduce the serum cholesterol content by reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine and preventing the synthesis of cholesterol, so it is especially suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia.
Although these two kinds of beans have their own "advantages", it should be specially reminded that red beans are especially suitable for women. Red beans are rich in iron and have the function of enriching blood, which is a good tonic for women during their physiological period. According to Japanese tradition, when the daughter has her first menstrual cramp, the mother cooks a pot of red bean rice, which not only has the meaning of blessing the girl to grow into a woman, but also has the substantial effect of supplementing menstrual nutrition and preventing iron deficiency anemia.
Many young mothers are often anxious about insufficient or no milk after delivery. In the traditional food therapy of the motherland, there are many prescriptions and remedies for prolactin. If the lack of milk caused by deficiency of qi and blood, you can take tonics such as pig's trotters soup. For patients with breast pain and breast milk retention caused by qi and blood stagnation, red beans are needed to help. Red beans have the effect of relieving fullness and promoting milk circulation. Every morning and evening, 12 grams of red beans are used to cook porridge for 3-5 days.
2. Drinking contraindications of mung bean soup
1. Don't drink mung bean soup on an empty stomach
Don't drink it on an empty stomach. Mung bean soup is cold, and drinking it on an empty stomach is not good for your stomach.
2. Don't drink mung bean soup every day
It's okay to drink it properly. Generally, adults can drink one bowl two or three times a week. Young children should be determined according to their physical fitness, and it is best to consult a doctor first. Generally speaking, when children start eating porridge at the age of 2 to 3, they can add some mung beans in moderation. After the age of 6, you can drink adult quantity.
3. Excessive drinking of mung bean soup or gastrointestinal diseases
Excessive drinking of mung bean soup can cause gastrointestinal diseases such as stomach cold and diarrhea. Women who drink mung bean soup excessively may have gynecological symptoms such as leucorrhea, abdominal distension and dysmenorrhea.
4. Mung beans and traditional Chinese medicine can't be taken together
People often say, "You can't eat mung beans when eating traditional Chinese medicine, so as to avoid the antidote." "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Mung bean smells sweet and cold, and it is nontoxic to all herbs, horses, cattle and stones." Folk boiled mung bean soup is also often used as one of the first aid measures for drug poisoning. Therefore, the saying that mung beans and traditional Chinese medicine cannot be taken together has been handed down.