Red beans are rich in vitamins B1, B2, protein, and various minerals, and have effects such as nourishing the blood, promoting urination, reducing swelling, and activating the heart. Eating more can prevent and treat foot swelling and has a weight-loss effect. Its saponin components can increase gastrointestinal motility, reduce constipation, promote urination, and eliminate edema caused by heart or kidney disease. Eating red beans for body sculpting can have a very significant effect of creating slender and curvy thighs and waist.
Specific steps for using red beans for body sculpting:
1. Buy red beans, also known as small beans, red beans, or chixiaodou, as the names vary by region.
2. Soak the red beans for 24 hours.
3. Cook the red beans. A clay pot is best, but I use a pressure cooker which is faster. It's best if they are cooked into a bean paste. A clay pot takes 2.5 hours, while a pressure cooker takes 10 minutes, and then they are ready to eat.
Farewell to the Pot Belly—Dried Tangerine Peel and Red Bean Paste
Preparation: Soften the red beans, then steam them. Add water and sugar to cook into a bean paste, then strain out the bean skins with a fine sieve. Add chopped dried tangerine peel and cook for another ten minutes. The sweet red bean paste has a hint of the fresh aroma of dried tenterine peel when chewed.
For Women: Reduces abdominal fat accumulation, helping you say goodbye to your pot belly.
Herbalism: Red beans are also known as Chixiaodou. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that its nature is descending, able to pass through the small intestine, promote urination, and reduce swelling. Additionally, it regulates menstruation and promotes lactation, with a definite therapeutic effect for irregular menstruation in women and poor milk flow during lactation. Furthermore, dried tangerine peel has the effect of resolving phlegm, stopping coughs, and aiding digestion. It is very effective in treating indigestion and food stagnation.
Radiant and Youthful Skin—Water Chestnut and Mung Bean Dessert
Preparation: Peel and chop the water chestnuts, then cook with rock sugar and lemon to make a soup. Steam the mung beans, then add water to cook them into a paste. Add the mung bean paste to the water chestnut soup. The finely chopped water chestnuts add a crisp texture to the dessert, which is sweet but not overly rich.
For Women: Reduces acne, beautifies the skin, and aids in weight loss.
Herbalism: Mung beans are sweet and cooling, and can clear heat, detoxify, reduce summer heat and swelling, brighten the eyes, lower blood pressure, soothe the throat, moisten the skin, and reduce fat while protecting the liver. Water chestnuts (chufa) are rich in dietary fiber, and also contain sugars, protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins A, B, B2, and C, with the added benefits of lowering blood pressure and preventing cancer. A mixture of 100 grams of mung beans with an appropriate amount of glycerin can be applied to moisturize the skin, sores, and treat acne and chapped skin.