Modern research shows that adzuki bean contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, phytosterol, triterpenoid saponin, vitamin A, B 1, B2, calcium, phosphorus and iron.
Pharmacological effects: Gleditsia saponin contained in adzuki bean can stimulate the intestine, has good laxative and diuretic effects, and can also relieve alcoholism and detoxify, which is beneficial to heart disease, kidney disease and edema; Dietary fiber has good effects of relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure, regulating blood lipid and blood sugar, detoxicating and anticancer, preventing calculus and losing weight; Adzuki bean is rich in folic acid, which can promote lactation for parturient and lactating women. Vitamin B 1 is rich, which can make sugar easier to decompose and burn, and has the effect of preventing obesity; Adzuki bean is rich in protein and trace elements, which can enhance immune function and improve disease resistance.
Adzuki bean has high medicinal value, is a good product of homology of medicine and food, and has a long history of application among the people. If the milk is blocked, take 250g of adzuki bean, use water instead of tea to decoct soup, or add japonica rice to cook porridge. To treat mumps, take appropriate amount of adzuki bean, grind it into fine powder, and apply it to the affected area with warm water or egg white and honey. To treat beriberi edema, you can stew carp with red beans or make soup together as a dietotherapy prescription.
(This answer is provided by Chen Yongkang, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.)
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Adzuki bean is called "adzuki bean" in our side, which is a common Chinese medicine with many functions.
Every autumn in the countryside, there are busy scenes everywhere. In the harvest season, in addition to corn, rice and soybeans, don't forget red beans. Red beans are a little different from the red beans we usually eat, but generally speaking, they are similar. The "small" in red beans illustrates the problem. Red beans are relatively bigger and thicker.
Adzuki bean is beneficial to reduce swelling, detoxify and expel pus.
In traditional Chinese medicine, adzuki bean is generally classified as a diuretic Chinese medicine, which is mainly aimed at edema and acts on edema and beriberi edema. The effect of detoxifying and expelling pus is suitable for various problems of sores and carbuncles, but it should be used with caution for the injured due to yin deficiency and body fluid.
In order to give full play to the efficacy of adzuki beans, scientific harvesting is needed. The harvesting standard is harvesting in the mature period before cracking, just like cassia seed. After a period of sun exposure, most adzuki beans can hear the sound of collision when shaking, so it's time to sow. In order to ensure good quality, it is necessary to dry and harden the obtained adzuki beans.
I came into contact with adzuki beans at work, and adzuki beans can't live without red beans. After contact for a long time, I became familiar with the difference. Red beans are very good medicinal materials and have certain edible value. I hope my sharing will help you to some extent. If you find it useful, you may wish to praise it, collect it or share it with more people.
Red adzuki bean is also called adzuki bean. If you haven't heard of it, everyone should know it. Adzuki bean and adzuki bean are similar in appearance, and some are slender. Adzuki bean has many effects on human body and is sometimes used as medicine. What does adzuki bean do?
1. Edema-relieving adzuki bean is beneficial to dampness and detumescence. It can relieve leg swelling and hand swelling caused by insufficient activity in the body. In addition, adzuki bean can also be used for adjuvant treatment of heart disease, renal edema, beriberi edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis and other diseases. Moreover, the red bean of cogongrass rhizome can enhance diuresis and detumescence, and at the same time, it also has a certain effect of cooling blood and relieving stranguria.
2. Adjust blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar. Adzuki bean also has a good effect in lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid and regulating blood sugar. It has a good effect on reducing three highs, improving microcirculation and protecting cardiovascular system.
3. Tongwei adzuki bean contains a lot of plant fiber, which will increase the volume of feces, promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.
4. Detoxifying adzuki beans contain a lot of fiber that can treat constipation and potassium that promotes diuresis. Both of these substances can excrete cholesterol, salt and other substances, so it can be said that they have the effect of "detoxification".
5. Lactating adzuki beans contain folic acid, which is suitable for women with less postpartum milk secretion and has the effect of lactation. However, it should be noted that adzuki beans also have taboo people, and those who are thin and chronically ill are not suitable for eating; Internal heat is blazing, body fluid and blood are stuffy and emaciated, and those who urinate too much are forbidden to eat.
Adzuki bean contains more saponins, which can stimulate the intestine and has a good diuretic effect. At the same time, adzuki bean is rich in folic acid, which has the functions of enriching blood and producing milk.
Introduction to China Pharmacopoeia People's Republic of China (PRC) Pharmacopoeia (20 15 edition) contains adzuki bean, which is a dried and mature seed of leguminous plant adzuki bean or adzuki bean. In autumn, when the fruit is ripe and not yet open, pull out the whole plant, dry it, spread seeds, remove impurities and dry it again. Rectangular, slightly flat, 5-8 mm long, 3-5 mm in diameter, purple-red surface, dull or slightly shiny; The hilum with linear protrusion on one side is white, about 2 /3 of the total length, and the middle is recessed into a longitudinal groove; There are 1 inconspicuous ridges on the other side. Hard and not easy to break. Cotyledons 2, milky white.
Pharmacological action: adzuki bean tastes sweet and sour, and enters the heart and small intestine. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, detoxification and pus discharge. It is mainly used for edema, beriberi edema, jaundice and hematuria, rheumatic fever, carbuncle, swollen sores, carbuncle and abdominal pain. Use 9-30g each time, apply appropriate amount for external use, and apply it after grinding. Modern research shows that adzuki bean contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin B 1(B2), calcium, phosphorus, triterpenoid saponins and so on. Has antibacterial, blood sugar lowering, blood pressure lowering and blood lipid lowering effects.
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