In terms of nutritional value, red beans are rich in vitamin B 1, B2, protein and various minerals, and have the functions of enriching blood, diuresis, detumescence and promoting heart activation. Eating more can prevent foot swelling and have the effect of losing weight. Its alkaloids can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce constipation, promote urination, and eliminate edema caused by heart or kidney diseases.

In addition, its fiber helps to excrete salt, fat and other wastes in the body, which has a great effect on stovepipe. Although red bean is a kind of carbohydrate with high nutritional content, its bean fiber is easy to produce gas in the intestine during digestion. Therefore, people with weak stomach and intestines will have flatulence and other discomfort after eating red beans.

Ordinary people eat red beans and add some sugar to increase the taste; However, people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency are prone to fullness and discomfort after eating sweets. Therefore, adding a little salt when cooking red beans will have the effect of "softening and resolving food" and help to eliminate flatulence. In addition, red beans can enrich blood, but there are many reasons for anemia. If it is caused by the lack of vitamin B 12, eating red beans is of limited help.

Application mode

Red, green and lily soup

Method: Boil 50 grams of mung bean powder, 50 grams of red bean powder and 50 grams of lily powder with strong fire, then collect the powder until it is cooked, and add appropriate amount of sugar or salt, both salty and sweet.

Efficacy: the vitamins contained in mung beans can help to dilute melanin; Red beans can clear away heat and detoxify; Lily can moisturize the skin.

Dehydrated Xiao Zhong decoction

Methods: 20 grams of coix seed powder and 30 grams of adzuki bean powder. Add water to cook, then add rock sugar, turn off the fire after dissolution, and serve after cooling.

Efficacy: This soup is helpful for beauty, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Red beans can replenish qi and blood, promote diuresis and reduce swelling; Coix seed can strengthen the spleen, promote diuresis, clear away heat and expel pus. Leigonggen, alias Centella asiatica, is the dried whole grass of Centella asiatica in Umbelliferae. Bitter and bitter in nature. Meridian of liver, spleen and kidney. Leigonggen is believed to promote cognition and is used to treat various skin diseases, from intractable wounds to leprosy. Some people also use Leigonggen to treat hypertension, rheumatism, fever and neurological disorders. In traditional Indian herbs, Leigonggen is used as an external ointment to treat heart disease, water retention, hoarseness of throat, bronchitis, children's cough and skin problems. Some studies have also found that Leigonggen can strengthen blood vessels and promote blood circulation in the legs. And is rich in plant saponin, which has beneficial effects on collagen in connective tissue, such as inhibiting the production of collagen in highly active scar tissue.