Adzuki bean contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, saponin and other nutrients. Its nutritional efficacy: it is flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and can induce diuresis to reduce swelling (edema, beriberi, jaundice, diarrhea, bloody stool and carbuncle), clear away heat and yellow, detoxify and expel pus.
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Adzuki bean, alias: adzuki bean, red Mi Dou, Mi Dou, protein bean, Hongshan bean, adzuki bean is mainly used in Chinese herbal medicine, and is often combined with adzuki bean, which has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, detoxification and pus discharge. It is widely planted all over the country. Red beans can be eaten whole, and can also be used for cooking, porridge and red bean soup. It is often used to make bean paste for stuffing, which is delicious.
Medicinal efficacy of adzuki bean
1, flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, capable of diuresis and detumescence (edema, beriberi, jaundice, diarrhea, hematochezia, carbuncle), clearing away heat and jaundice, detoxicating and expelling pus.
2, diuretic effect, beneficial to patients with heart disease, kidney disease and edema.
3, rich in folic acid, maternal and lactating women eat adzuki beans to promote lactation.
4. It has good effects of relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, regulating blood sugar, preventing calculus, and keeping fit and losing weight.
5. Treat mumps.
6. Treat ascites due to liver cirrhosis.
When cooking, adzuki beans are more difficult to cook and are generally suitable for cooking soup; In terms of curative effect, adzuki bean has a strong dehumidification effect on drug conditioning. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that adzuki bean is used as medicine when it is small and reddish, but it is slightly big and bright red and pale, and does not cure diseases. Therefore, when choosing adzuki beans, we should also make a choice.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-adzuki bean