Mung bean porridge is a porridge made from a mixture of mung beans as the main ingredient. Mung beans, also known as green peas, is named for its green color. It is rich in protein, vitamins and trace elements. It has high nutritional value and is a very healthy natural food. Mung bean porridge is a common miscellaneous grain porridge, cold and sweet, suitable for summer consumption, with detoxification and lipid reduction, anti-bacterial effect.

I. Nutritional value of mung bean.

1, mung beans are rich in protein and eight essential amino acids, including amino acids, tryptophan, lysine, leucine and threonine. Mung beans have a high fiber content, low fat content, mainly palmitic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids. Mung bean porridge is rich in B vitamins, minerals and other nutrients as well as a variety of phospholipids needed by the human body.

2, mung bean porridge is relatively high in nutrition, as well as the body's necessary energy and carbohydrates. Mung bean porridge can be used as a staple food in daily life, for the removal of dampness is very beneficial, especially in summer.

3, mung beans contain 22%-26% protein, compared with cereals, mung bean protein contains essential 8 amino acids 2-5 times, rich in amino acids, tryptophan, lysine, leucine and threonine complete protein.

4, it contains about 50% starch, low fat content, rich in B vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. It also contains coumarin, alkaloids, phytosterols, saponins and other bioactive substances. It can improve appetite, reduce blood fat, cholesterol, anti-allergy, detoxification and liver protection.

Two, the efficacy and role of mung beans

1, the efficacy of mung bean porridge is to clear the heat, diuretic and diuretic, detoxification and swelling effect. Clinically, it can be used to relieve heatstroke, produce fluids, clear heat, and have a certain therapeutic effect on patients with heatstroke, poisoning, and high humidity.

2, mung bean porridge is not only a summer dessert, but also a kind of medicine to clear heat and detoxification, with anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, promote phagocytosis and other pharmacological effects. Its seeds and soup contain alkaloids, coumarins, phytosterols and other physiologically active substances, which play an important role in promoting the physiological metabolism of humans and animals.

Mung bean porridge is widely used in clinical practice, but it is not suitable for some people. For example, weak and cold body and other Chinese medicine is not suitable for mung bean porridge.