Red beans have the effects of clearing away the heart, nourishing the mind, strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidney. Adding lotus seeds and lilies has the effects of strengthening essence, stopping bleeding, strengthening bones and muscles, etc., and can treat lung dryness and dry cough, enhance visceral vitality and enhance physical strength. Health care is also an important part of skin care. Only by external adjustment and internal cultivation can a woman be created.

In traditional medicine, red beans are mainly used for promoting water circulation-removing edema and benefiting qi-removing beriberi and strengthening the spleen. For example, if red beans and carp are boiled and eaten, they can play a dietotherapy role in edema, beriberi and dysuria, and can also treat liver cirrhosis, hepatic ascites and complement deficiency. The soup cooked with red beans and wax gourd is a good food therapy for systemic edema; Red beans cooked with lentils and coix seed can treat diarrhea. In addition, red beans can also be used with traditional Chinese medicine, such as red beans with forsythia and angelica decoction, which can treat liver abscess; Red beans with dandelion and licorice decoction can treat intestinal pain.