English name of red bean: The main function of red bean is to treat edema, remove beriberi and enrich blood. Date of birth: 65438+ from late February to early February of the following year. Nutrition: amino acids, vitamin B and iron. Edible part: seeds. How to eat: cook. Red bean, also called "red bean" and "red bean", is officially named "red bean" in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica and Compendium of Materia Medica, which is a kind of food with dual functions of medicine and food. Red beans are sweet, flat and non-toxic. In traditional medicine, it is mainly used for promoting blood circulation (such as treating edema), invigorating qi (such as removing beriberi) and strengthening the spleen. That is, it has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing swelling. Therefore, Shen Nong's Herbal Classic in Han Dynasty expounded its function: "Red bean can dredge the small intestine, facilitate urination, reduce swelling and expel pus, clear away heat and toxic materials, treat dysentery and beriberi, quench thirst and hangover, and promote lactation and fertility." "So in Sun Simiao's" For Emergency Use ",there will be a medicated diet made of red beans and carp to improve edema beriberi caused by pregnant women in the third trimester. It is precisely because carp can nourish and diuresis, while red beans can diuresis, clear away heat and detoxify. In traditional Chinese medicine, red beans can improve edema caused by kidney, heart and beriberi, which is mainly due to the role of saponin compounds contained in them. In addition to diuresis and constipation prevention, they also have detoxification and vomiting effects. The content of saponins in the seed coat of red beans is particularly high, so don't peel red beans when cooking. According to modern nutritional analysis, red beans are rich in vitamin b 1, which can not only prevent fatigue substances from depositing in muscles, prevent beriberi, but also make sugar easier to decompose and burn. So red beans also have the effect of preventing obesity. "Dietetic Materia Medica" says: "Eat thin people for a long time. The enclosed red bean carp soup is a famous slimming dish. Red bean is a very suitable food for women, because it is rich in iron and has a good blood-enriching function. Whether it is aimed at improving postpartum hypogalactia's condition of pregnant women or relieving the discomfort symptoms of ordinary women during menstruation, drinking a bowl of hot red bean soup often can play a role in regulating menstruation and promoting lactation. However, it must be noted that it is best not to mix it with sweets such as glutinous rice balls and rice balls, because the heat will be too high, but you can add a little brown sugar, which will have a warming effect. In modern nutritional analysis, red beans have been considered as the staple food with high nutritional content. However, in the process of human digestion, the bean fiber of red beans is easy to produce gas in the intestine, so people with weak intestines and stomach often have flatulence and other discomfort after eating red beans. In fact, when people eat red beans, they are used to adding some sugar to improve the taste. But from the perspective of Chinese medicine, they think that "being willing makes people full". Therefore, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold are more likely to feel full if they eat too many sweets. Therefore, adding a little salt when cooking red beans will have the effect of "softening and hardening" and help to eliminate flatulence. In addition, when some people cook red beans, in order to remove the astringency, they will scald them once before cooking, but the water for scalding red beans contains dissolved saponin compounds, so don't pour them out, and then cook them with red beans. Red beans are often cooked with cereals such as oat or barley. Because protein contained in red beans is an incomplete amino acid, it must be eaten with cereals, which is more helpful to health. left 1 red bean carp soup material: 1 carp (about 600g), 75g red bean, 0g red jujube 1 9g, dried tangerine peel1tablet. Seasoning: salt, pepper and a little oil. Practice: 1. Wash and drain red beans and red dates, soak dried tangerine peel, scrape, and remove the core of red dates for later use. 2. Scaled carp, washed and dried, sprinkled with a little salt and pepper, then fried with a little oil until slightly golden, and then degreased with clear water. 3. Put all the ingredients into the pot at the same time, pour in the right amount of water until the water boils, then simmer with medium and small fire until the materials are soft and thick, and finally add the right amount of salt to taste. Efficacy: Improve the edema of beriberi in pregnant women, and have slimming effect on ordinary people. Left 2 red bean brown rice material: red bean, brown rice, soybean and apricot each 1 5g, cold boiled water 200c.c seasoning:1tbsp brown sugar. Practice: 1. Wash red beans, brown rice, soybeans and apricots, soak them in small cups of water for 4 hours, then steam them in an electric cooker for 30 minutes and stew them for 20 minutes. 2. Add all the materials into the brown sugar and stir well. Efficacy: Reduce edema of pregnant women and fetal toxicity. ◎ When selecting the essence, you should choose the one with full particles, consistent size ratio, bright colors and no moth, and the quality will be better and fresher. ◎ Wash red beans and store them in a dry and non-humid place to avoid mildew. It can also be stored in the refrigerator for about 20 days. ◎ Taboo 1. Red beans belong to the agent of "light osmosis and diuresis" in the classification of traditional Chinese medicine, and people with deficiency constitution should not eat more. People with bad stomach should not eat more, because it is easy to flatulence.