First, mung beans
It is generally believed that mung bean soup has detoxification effect. Some friends who suffer from heatstroke or food poisoning will drink a bowl of mung bean soup first. There is some truth in this folk prescription. Many Chinese medical classics have recorded the detoxification effect of mung beans.
Such as "Kaibao Materia Medica": "Mung beans are sweet, cold and non-toxic. Entering heart meridian and stomach meridian. Erysipelas mainly annoys heat, rubella, hot air flushes dolphins, grinds raw juice, cooks food, reduces swelling and relieves qi, and detoxifies according to heat. " There are many discussions on the medicinal efficacy of mung beans in herbal classics of past dynasties.
Compendium of Materia Medica: "Mung bean, although it has the same effect of detumescence and acne removal as red bean, is too strong to detoxify by pressing heat." Moreover, there is no taboo for replenishing qi, invigorating stomach and dredging meridians for a long time. Surgical treatment of carbuncle, combined with oral administration of Huxin powder, is extremely effective. "It can' solve the poison of stone arsenic, vegetation and trees'. From the perspective of physical therapy of five zang-organs in traditional Chinese medicine, the detoxification effect of mung bean is obvious.
Mung bean can detoxify because it is rich in protein. It was found that soybean milk soaked in raw mung beans has a high content of protein, which can protect gastrointestinal mucosa. Protein and flavonoids in mung beans can combine with organophosphorus pesticides, arsenic, mercury and lead compounds to form a precipitate, which reduces or loses toxicity and is not easily absorbed by our stomach. Many bioactive substances in mung beans also have antioxidant effects, which can reduce the damage of toxins to cells.
Drinking mung bean soup in moderation when drunk can accelerate the decomposition of alcohol and play a role in relieving alcoholism and protecting liver. Eating a proper amount of mung beans can also decompose some toxins in the body and reduce the burden on the liver. Eating mung beans in moderation when liver fire is too strong and liver yang is hyperactive can clear away heat and nourish yin.
However, Nuoxiang reminds everyone that mung bean soup is used to clear away heat and detoxify, and mung beans can't be cooked like porridge. If cooked too badly, the organic acids and vitamins in mung beans will be destroyed, and the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying will be weak. Just boil the mung bean, cook it for another five or six minutes on high fire, and take the mung bean water to drink. If mung beans are cooked with red beans and black beans, they can cure children's summer heat indigestion, children's dermatosis and measles. We often eat mung beans, which can also help treat diseases such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, diabetes and nephritis.
Mung beans can also be used as external medicine to treat sores and eczema. If you have acne, you can grind mung beans into fine powder and cook them into a paste. Wash the affected area before going to bed and apply it. Mung bean skin can clear away heat and detoxify, and also has the effects of reducing swelling, dispersing nebula and improving eyesight.
Next, Nuoxiangyi will tell you about the tips and knowledge of clearing away heat and detoxifying some diseases with mung beans.
1, blurred vision
50g mung bean and chrysanthemum 10g are decocted in water to obtain juice, and the decoction is taken daily 1 dose.
2, heatstroke
Add a proper amount of mung beans to the soup or 100g mung beans until the bean skin cracks, and add 50g japonica rice to cook porridge together, which can relieve the symptoms of heatstroke and can be eaten frequently in summer.
3. Mumps
60 grams of mung beans, add appropriate amount of boiled soup, add 2 cabbage hearts, and eat after cooking.
4, prickly heat
50g of mung bean, with fresh lotus leaf 1 slice, boiled in water 10 minute, and the juice was taken.
Mung bean, as a blue food for nourishing and protecting the liver in the physical therapy knowledge of five zang-organs of traditional Chinese medicine, has many benefits and uses, but Nuoxiangyi still wants to remind everyone that there are some precautions when drinking mung bean soup. If you are weak, don't drink too much. Don't drink too much for friends who are physically weak, such as those who often have cold limbs, weak waist and legs, diarrhea, loose stool and spleen and stomach deficiency. Mung beans have detoxification effect, so don't drink too much during taking the medicine.
Wild elephant Yi tips: When cooking mung beans, the iron pot will turn black, which is a chemical change. You can cook mung beans in non-ferrous pots such as casseroles to avoid the reduction of nutritional value of mung beans.
Second, bitter gourd
Summer is hot and humid, and many friends will have poor sleep, dry mouth and irritability, which is a symptom of liver fire. You can eat more bitter. Bitter food has the efficacy of detoxification and liver clearing, and bitter gourd is a typical representative of bitter food.
Bitter bitter and cold, bitter gourd has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, invigorating qi, resisting fatigue, tonifying kidney and diuresis. The bitter taste of bitter gourd stimulates the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, which greatly increases people's appetite and eliminates liver fire.
Bitter gourd is also rich in vitamins, calcium, iron, phosphorus, momordicin, picrin and other nutrients. Eating bitter gourd regularly can diminish inflammation and reduce fever, lower blood sugar and blood fat, eliminate fatigue, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, moisten intestines and detoxify.
There are many records about the efficacy of bitter gourd in ancient books. Wang Mengying's Diet Spectrum with Interest in Qing Dynasty: "Bitter gourd is bitter and cold in Qing Dynasty; Clearing heat, improving eyesight and clearing heart. Sauce can be pickled ... don't eat it when it's cold. After cooking, it is red, sweet and flat, nourishing blood and liver, strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney. " It is said that bitter gourd is red when it matures, and its bitterness and coldness are reduced. Compared with immature bitter gourd, it has nourishing effect. Therefore, it is best for bitter gourd to clear the liver when it is green and not yellow.
What is the use and purpose of bitter gourd, a cyan food that nourishes and protects the liver? Nuoxiang Yiman will give you a way.
1, liver heat and eye pain
1 bitter gourd, fresh mulberry leaf 30g, fresh chrysanthemum 30g. Decoct with water twice a day.
2. Chaos
1 bitter gourd, washed and cut into pieces, cooked with 250g lean pork, seasoned with salt and eaten.
3. Constipation
1 bitter gourd, washed and sliced, mixed with sugar, sesame oil and salt.
We can also use bitter gourd and apples to make bitter gourd apple juice.
Ingredients: bitter gourd 1, apple 1, lemon juice, honey 1 spoon.
Practice: Wash bitter gourd and cut into pieces, and wash and cut apples; Put them into a blender, add cold water and beat them into juice. Then pour bitter gourd apple juice into the cup, add lemon juice and honey and mix well to serve.
Friends with dry mouth and thirst, sore throat and red eyes caused by excessive liver fire may wish to drink bitter gourd apple juice, which can clear away heat and detoxify, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels.
We can also use bitter gourd to make bitter gourd tofu soup.
Ingredients: bitter gourd150g, tofu 400g, sesame oil, salt and water starch.
Practice: Wash and slice bitter gourd, and wash and cut tofu. Heat oil in a pot, stir-fry bitter gourd slices for a few times, pour in appropriate amount and bring to a boil, add tofu, season with salt and bring to a boil, hook the pods with a little water starch and sprinkle with sesame oil.
In summer, friends with liver depression and heat may wish to have a bowl of bitter gourd and tofu soup. It can clear liver heat and lower blood sugar.
Physical therapy knowledge of five zang-organs in TCM: there is a special ingredient in bitter taste of bitter gourd-quinine, which is emitted by Cinchona cream. Quinine can inhibit the excessive excitement of nerve center, regulate body temperature, and play the role of cooling summer heat. Wild elephant Yi solemnly reminded that quinine can stimulate uterine contraction and cause miscarriage, so pregnant women should eat bitter gourd carefully.
Many people don't like this bitter taste, but reduce it by heating and frying or adding too much seasoning. High temperature and excessive seasoning not only destroy vitamins and other nutrients in bitter gourd, but also cause the loss of quinine and reduce the value of bitter gourd to our health.
Therefore, when cooking, try to refrigerate bitter gourd, scald it slightly with boiling water, which can not only reduce bitterness but also retain most nutrients, and add some salt and sesame oil to taste, which is a healthy and delicious dish.
In addition, the hypoglycemic effect of bitter gourd is greatly reduced after heating. Diabetic patients can store bitter gourd slices in the sun and soak them in warm water every day to control blood sugar.
Wild elephant Yi reminds everyone that bitter gourd is good, but it also has taboos. Bitter gourd can lower blood sugar and clear fire, and friends with greasy diet and high blood sugar are more suitable. However, excessive intake, the five zang-organs physiotherapy theory of traditional Chinese medicine holds that bitterness and sadness will be harmful to heart health, so we should eat bitter gourd in moderation.
According to the physical therapy theory of five zang-organs in traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen and stomach are warm and afraid of cold, and summer is also a time when the spleen and stomach are weak. Although bitter gourd can stimulate appetite and help digestion, it is better for friends with cold nature and spleen and stomach deficiency to eat less, so as not to damage the function of spleen and stomach.