Red bean-Red bean has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, ventilating and removing annoyance, and can be used for treating dysuria, spleen edema, beriberi, etc. Cook soup with red beans to treat edema, beriberi and dysuria ... all red bean recipes.

Mung beans-Chinese medicine believes that mung beans are cool and sweet, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst and relieving summer heat, diuresis and moistening skin. Mung bean soup is a well-known summer drink. Another important medicinal value of mung bean is detoxification. Li Shizhen once pointed out that ... all mung bean recipes.

Sugar-[u] Myth: The nutritional value of brown sugar is higher than that of white sugar [/u] White sugar loses precious trace elements contained in sugarcane. According to anecdotes created by marketing, the Indian plains that used to eat sugar cane ... all sugar recipes.