Introduction: In summer, when the summer heat prevails, mung bean soup has become a must-have cooling drink for many. Indeed, mung bean soup has the effect of relieving summer heat, clearing heat, and detoxifying thirst. However, there are rules to drinking mung bean soup; it is not suitable to drink at any time, nor is it suitable for everyone. Only by clearly understanding the taboos of mung bean soup can its effects be correctly utilized, making it a good assistant for summer health preservation.
Taboo 1: Do not drink mung bean soup on an empty stomach
From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, mung beans are relatively cool in nature. Drinking them on an empty stomach can easily damage the spleen and stomach.
Taboo 2: Do not drink excessive amounts of mung bean soup
Whether you drink mung bean soup because it's delicious or to cool down, you should not drink it in excess. Because the oligosaccharides in mung beans can easily cause bloating, and mung beans themselves are not easy to digest, drinking too much mung bean soup can easily damage the function of the digestive system. If women drink excessive amounts of mung bean soup, it can easily cause problems such as bloating and menstrual pain.
Taboo 3: Mung beans cannot sometimes be eaten with Chinese medicine
In "Compendium of Materia Medica," it is mentioned: "Mung beans are sweet, cold, and non-toxic... they can neutralize the poisons of all medicinal herbs, cattle and horses, and metals and stones." Therefore, it is commonly used in folk remedies to detoxify with mung bean soup. If suffering from diseases such as external wind-heat or internal invasion of summer heat, taking mung bean soup while taking Chinese medicine can have a synergistic effect. However, if the patient has a weak gastrointestinal tract and exhibits symptoms such as chills all over the body, cold pain in the waist and legs, and loose stools, they should not drink mung bean soup while taking Chinese medicine, as it will worsen the condition.
People who should not drink mung bean soup
1. People with a cold constitution
Because mung beans are cold in nature, people with a cold constitution who drink mung bean soup may easily experience diarrhea and it may also reduce the immunity of the digestive system.
2. Women during their menstrual period
Women during their menstrual period are in a state of blood loss and have a constitution that leans towards being cold. It is not advisable to drink the relatively cold mung bean soup.
3. People with a weak constitution
Mung beans contain a high amount of protein, which needs to be converted into small peptides and amino acids under the action of enzymes to be absorbed by the body. Therefore, for groups with relatively weak constitutions, such as the elderly and children, whose gastrointestinal functions are weaker, it is difficult to digest and can easily cause phenomena such as diarrhea.