Maodou is sweet in flavor and flat in nature. It can expel evil spirits, relieve pain, reduce edema, remove stomach heat, pass blood stasis, and detoxify drugs.

Alias

Vegetable soybean, soybean, branch beans and so on.

Characteristics

Soybean is an annual herb in the genus Soybean of the family Leguminosae that is used for food. It is native to China and has been cultivated for about 5000 years.

Nutrition and food

Hairy beans per 100 grams of young grains containing 69.8 grams of water, 17.6 grams of protein, 7.1 grams of fat, 28 mg of carotene, as well as vitamins and amino acids, and other nutrients, especially made of soybean sprouts contain amino acids a little higher.

Soybeans are mainly eaten fresh, such as steamed soybeans, boiled soybeans, etc., can also be taken out of the fresh beans fried food.

Health effects

(1) to enhance human immunity: the beans are rich in protein, soluble fiber and a variety of amino acids, often eaten to improve the body's immune function.

(2) prevention and treatment of vascular sclerosis: the lecithin in the beans can remove the cholesterol attached to the walls of the blood vessels, prevention and treatment of vascular sclerosis, prevention of cardiovascular disease, protection of the heart, but also prevent the liver from accumulating too much fat, which can effectively prevent the fatty liver caused by obesity.

(3) to promote bone development, prevent anemia: soybean is rich in minerals to meet the requirements of human growth and development of a variety of mineral nutrients, especially soybean calcium and iron content is more, therefore, regular consumption of soybean can be prevented due to a lack of calcium caused by osteoporosis, to promote the development of bones, but also can be treated due to a lack of iron caused by anemia.

(4) lowering fat, sugar: the beans can reduce serum, liver lipid content and fat content, play a role in lowering blood lipids, at the same time, diabetic patients often consume beans can also reduce blood sugar levels.

(5) delay aging: soybean saponins contained in the soybean has to promote the body's cholesterol and fat metabolism, inhibit lipid peroxide generation, as well as improve the role of the body's immune function.

Food therapy

(1) cancer boils: 60 grams of soybean grains, soaked in water for 7 hours, and then add a little alum, mashed and applied externally.

(2) iron deficiency anemia: soak 100 grams of soybean grains and cook them into eight mature, and then put 100 grams of sliced pig liver **** with cooked, eaten 2 times a day, served for 20 days.

(3) stomach pain, abdominal pain: 30 soaked soybean grains, 60 peppercorns, *** with boiled water to take. This method mainly treats stomach pain and abdominal pain caused by taking cold food.