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Are mung bean sprouts sprouted from mung beans?

Yes

"Yes. Mung bean sprouts are made by soaking the string beans for about an hour, then putting them in a basket, placing them in layers of string beans and sand, and finally laying a layer of hay, placing them in a dark and ventilated place, and drenching them with water in the morning and evening. Mung bean sprouts are a type of bean sprouts. In addition to mung bean sprouts, there are also mung bean sprouts. Similar to mung bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts are green bean sprouts obtained from the germination of soybeans, i.e., the sprouts of the legume mung bean are the tender shoots of soaked mung bean seeds. The edible part is mainly the hypocotyl. Mung beans in the process of germination, vitamin C will increase a lot, part of the protein will be broken down into people need a variety of amino acids, can reach the original content of mung beans 7 times. So the nutritional value of mung bean sprouts is greater than mung beans.

Mung bean sprouts have high medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that mung bean sprouts are cool and sweet, not only can clear the heat, dredge the meridians, lift all kinds of toxins, but also can tonify the kidney, diuretic, swelling, nourishing yin and yang, regulating the five viscera, beauty and beauty, li dampness and heat, lowering blood lipids, and soften the blood vessels.

The Materia Medica Compendium records:Beans are tough, but the buds of this bean is white and beautiful, today's people regarded as common, the ancients did not know. However, due to dampness and heat, quite sore gas, and mung beans are slightly different in nature [1].