Tofu is usually made of soybeans, soaked in water for about a day, ground and filtered, boiled with some salt water or gypsum, and squeezed out to make tofu. Tofu is a traditional health food in China. This legend began with Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Han Dynasty. Black beans and peanuts can also be used to make tofu. Tofu is divided into two types: north and south. Tofu in the south is attached and tastes tender. Beidoufu is bittern with a firm taste. In a word, tofu is not only a popular food with good quality and low price, rich nutrition, suitable for all ages, but also one of the health foods to prevent diseases.

China is the first country to grow soybeans and make tofu products from soybeans. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tofu is sweet and cool, belonging to spleen meridian, stomach meridian and large intestine meridian, and has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.

After treatment, it is mainly used to treat asthenia, shortness of breath, anorexia, hypogalactia, kidney deficiency, dysuria, short and frequent urination, turbid urine, spleen and stomach heat accumulation, acne, dry mouth and throat, lung heat cough, abdominal distension, dysentery, etc. It is recorded in "Food Guide Materia Medica": "Widening the middle energizer, benefiting qi, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, reducing turbid qi in the large intestine and eliminating swelling."

"Outline of Medical Forest" says: "Clearing lung heat, relieving cough and resolving phlegm."

"Resting Diet Spectrum" says: "Clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production and detoxify, tonify middle energizer, moisten intestines and reduce turbidity."

Nutritional components show that tofu contains water, protein, fat, carbohydrates and so on. The contents of amino acids and protein in tofu are very high, which makes tofu a good supplementary food for cereals. Tofu fat is 78% unsaturated fatty acid and contains no cholesterol, so it has the reputation of "vegetable meat" and is a food with high calcium, low fat and low calorie.

The people have a high evaluation of tofu, and they have the reputation that "tofu is the meat of the poor". This is because tofu has the functions of invigorating the spleen and regulating the stomach, relieving flatulence, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. protein is not only rich in content, but also excellent in texture, easy to digest and absorb, and contains substances such as sugar, vitamins, crude fiber, calcium and magnesium, which is suitable for people with weak body, anemia and stunted children.

Patients with weak constitution, irregular menstruation and poor spleen and stomach can be cooked and eaten with tofu, mutton, ginger and salt, which has the effects of nourishing qi and blood and nourishing spleen and stomach. Cooked tofu, mutton, fresh shrimp and ginger can cure deficiency of qi and blood and kidney yang.

Tofu can be eaten in various ways. Recommend a bean curd porridge, which can clear away heat and detoxify. Suitable for spleen and stomach heat accumulation, acne, dry mouth and throat, lung heat and lung dryness, cough, abdominal distension, dysentery, etc.

Tofu 150g, rice 100g, and appropriate seasoning. Tofu slices; Wash the rice, put it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, soak it for 5 ~ 10 minutes, and then cook porridge with slow fire. After boiling, add tofu, seasoning, etc. , cook until the porridge is cooked, daily 1 dose.

Tofu can be eaten by the general population, especially the weak, malnourished, the elderly, the three high patients, postpartum women, and those who cough due to phlegm. Bean curd skin contains cysteine in middle age, which can accelerate the metabolism of alcohol in the body, reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver, protect the liver, prevent drunkenness, and also have the effect of sobering up.

People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loose stool, high serum uric acid, hypothyroidism and renal insufficiency should not eat more tofu.