Red beans and red beans are very nutritious foods. Red beans are usually made into red bean smoothies in summer because of their soft texture and large and full particles. Iced taste is particularly good and nutritious.
As for adzuki bean, we usually use it to cook porridge, because it has small particles and hard texture. However, if you compare the taste of the two, you will generally choose red beans for daily consumption. If we eat red beans, we'd better use them to boil water. It also has diuretic effect.
Red beans can nourish the five internal organs, promote detoxification and defecation, and are the best choice for dietotherapy. And for the baby, eating some red beans can enhance the resistance and immunity and promote the growth and development of the body.
Because adzuki bean is rich in starch and protein, it has a good effect on slimming and bodybuilding, and the water boiled with it also has the effect of diuresis and detumescence, so it can be used as medicine. In addition, it also has the function of moistening intestines, can prevent stones, reduce hypertension and hyperlipidemia, and is very beneficial to people's health.
The small pods of red beans are edible. Red beans have a unique taste, which can be cooked like mung beans, germinated or baked as a snack with coffee. Red beans soaked in cold water need to be boiled for 20 minutes, and those that have not been soaked need to be boiled for 25 minutes; Red beans can be eaten after drying, and porridge is often made with rice; In Asia, red beans can be made into dough, which tastes sweet and can replace tomato dough. When red beans are ground into flour, they can be made into various cakes.
Although these two kinds of beans look different, they are actually the same, both belong to Leguminosae, with similar properties and nutrients, but adzuki beans are more effective. Therefore, Chinese medicine uses red beans, which are only commonly eaten.
Adzuki bean or red bean, the effect of adzuki bean in eliminating dampness will be better. Red beans in traditional Chinese medicine refer to adzuki beans, adzuki beans nourishing the heart and adzuki beans eliminating dampness; In terms of shape, red beans are round and slender. As a medicine, adzuki bean is mainly aimed at people in damp heat constitution and has the effect of "stopping diarrhea". Therefore, it is not suitable for some people, such as people with loose stools and long urine, or children and the elderly with weak constitution. Red beans as food are basically suitable for all ages.
Because adzuki beans are not easy to cook, they should be soaked in water for one night before cooking. In addition, salt should not be put in adzuki beans, which will cause diuretic effect. It is recommended that red bean wax gourd is sweet water, cool in nature, has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and is very suitable for summer consumption.
Under normal circumstances, it is recommended to eat red bean and barley porridge every day or every other day. It usually takes about a month to see the effect, and some people may take longer to get the effect. Generally, people with heavy moisture will have greasy head and face, bad breath, sticky stool, swollen lower abdomen, wet ears and drooping bags under eyes, and often feel tired, unable to lift their heads and lose concentration. After eating red bean and barley porridge for a while, you can observe whether your situation has improved.
Because coix seed is cold, if the body is weak and afraid of cold, it is best to fry coix seed to reduce the coldness and then use it to boil water. Drinking adzuki bean and coix seed water has the effect of eliminating dampness, but for better effect, it is generally recommended to add a small amount of Euryale ferox to boil water together, which can enhance the effect of strengthening the spleen.
Red beans also have a good dehumidification function. In fact, red beans have a good slowing effect on excessive moisture in the body caused by spleen and stomach weakness. Therefore, if compared according to the function of eliminating dampness, it is best to choose red beans.