Introduction: How much do you know? Mung bean, a common legume in our daily health regimen, has significant therapeutic effects. However, few people are aware of its specific benefits and functions. Today, let's introduce some common knowledge about mung beans. Friends who focus on dietary therapy and health preservation should definitely take a look.
1. Mung bean is sweet and cool in nature, with the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating summer heat, and promoting urination.
For people working in high-temperature environments during the summer, they sweat profusely, leading to significant loss of body fluids and disruption of electrolyte balance. Drinking mung bean soup is the ideal way to replenish. It can clear summer heat, replenish Qi, quench thirst, and promote urination. It not only replenishes water but also promptly replenishes inorganic salts, which is crucial for maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance.
2. The detoxifying effect of mung beans.
In cases of organophosphate pesticide poisoning, lead poisoning, alcohol intoxication (drunkenness), or accidental drug overdose, a bowl of mung bean soup can be consumed as an emergency measure before hospital treatment. People who frequently work in toxic environments or are exposed to toxic substances should regularly consume mung beans for detoxification and health preservation. Regular consumption of mung beans can supplement nutrition and enhance physical strength.
Mung Bean, Lily, and Lotus Seed Soup
3. Reducing swelling and treating acne
Since the "Kaibao Bencao" recorded: "Mung bean is sweet, cold, and non-toxic. It enters the heart and stomach meridians. It primarily treats erysipelas with vexing heat, urticaria, and qi rushing upward like a豚. When ground raw and the juice taken, or also cooked and eaten, it reduces swelling, moves Qi downwards, and suppresses heat and detoxifies." Subsequent herbal works in later dynasties have further elaborated on the medicinal effects of mung beans. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Although mung bean's effect of reducing swelling and treating acne is similar to that of red bean, its power to suppress heat and detoxify is superior. It also tonifies Qi, thickens the intestines, and unblocks the meridians, without the drawback of long-term use depleting the person. In surgery, for treating carbuncles and sores, there is an internal supporting 'Huxin Powder' which highly praises its effectiveness." It can also "detoxify all poisons, including metals, arsenic, and plants."
4. Thickening the intestines and moisturizing the skin
The "Bencao QiuZhen" says: "Mung bean is sweet and cold in nature. According to books, its benefits are extensively praised. Some say it can thicken the intestines, moisturize the skin, harmonize the five organs, and nourish the spleen and stomach. In this regard, its effects are not inferior to those of Ginseng, Astragalus, Angelica, and Atractylodes. However, the reason it is said to be able to thicken, moisturize, harmonize, and nourish is because when pathogenic toxins are raging internally, no organ, meridian, or part of the body—skin, stomach, or spleen—is spared from the disturbance of toxins. Taking this, which is good at detoxification, is therefore effective for all such conditions."
Rice and Mung Bean Congee
5. Lipid-lowering effect
Mung bean powder has a significant lipid-lowering effect. Mung beans contain a globulin and polysaccharide that can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in the liver into bile acids in the body, accelerate the secretion of bile salts, and reduce the absorption of cholesterol by the small intestine.
6. Anti-allergic effect
The active ingredients in mung beans have an anti-allergic effect and can assist in treating allergic reactions such as urticaria. Mung beans inhibit the growth of *Staphylococcus aureus*. The protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans can excite the nervous system and increase appetite. Mung beans are rich in trypsin inhibitors, which can protect the liver, reduce protein breakdown, decrease azotemia, and thus protect the kidneys.
Homemade Mung Bean Cake
Homemade yogurt
Bitter omelet
Onion roll