Beans are nutritious and good for beauty and skin care, making them a must-have food for women's beauty. Soybeans are rich in minerals, B vitamins, and phytoestrogens, making them the best beauty supplement for women who love beauty. For autumn skin care, start with these 5 beans!
1. White beans nourish the lungs and can nourish the skin.
White beans, also known as speckled kidney beans, are neutral in nature. They have the effects of regulating the middle and replenishing qi, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the spleen, harmonizing the five organs, generating essence, quenching thirst, stopping vomiting and diarrhea, and addressing frequent urination. They contain a high amount of calcium and enter the lung meridian. White beans are rich in nutrients and vitamin C, with a protein content higher than chicken, over 7 times the calcium of chicken, 4 times the iron of chicken, and more B vitamins than chicken. White beans can enhance disease resistance and improve the body's immunity.
White beans are also a rare food that is high in potassium and magnesium but low in sodium, making them especially suitable for patients with heart disease, arteriosclerosis, high blood lipids, low blood pressure, and those on a low-salt diet. Eating white beans is beneficial for the skin and hair; it can improve the skin's metabolism, promote detoxification, and aid in weight loss.
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2. Mung beans nourish the liver and can whiten the skin and remove acne.
Mung beans are sweet and cool in nature, known for their heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, and they enter the liver meridian. Mung beans not only have good edible value but also excellent medicinal value, earning them the name "grain that saves the world" and are a food of the "medicine and food homology" school. Mung beans are rich in protein, B vitamins, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. They have effects of brightening the skin, lightening spots, cleansing the skin, removing dead skin cells, and inhibiting acne. Regular consumption of mung beans can help lower blood pressure. Mung beans are excellent for clearing heat and toxins, making them the most popular summer food for relieving summer heat.
3. Soybeans nourish the spleen and can beautify and fight cancer.
Soybeans, also known as soy, are an ideal food for menopausal women, diabetics, and patients with cardiovascular diseases. Soybeans are slightly cold in nature, promoting blood circulation, relieving constipation, detoxifying, expelling wind-heat, replenishing qi, and tonifying the spleen, entering the spleen meridian. Soybeans also have the functions of strengthening the spleen, moistening dryness, and reducing swelling. Soybeans are high in quality protein and can increase bone density and promote bone health.
Soybeans are rich in high-quality fat. Soybean fat is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and soybean lecithin, which helps maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, nourish the brain, and prevent the formation of fatty liver, making it very beneficial to human health. The soy protein and phytosterols in soybeans can significantly improve and lower blood lipids and cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Soybeans also have beauty and anti-cancer functions.
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4. Red beans nourish the heart and can aid in weight loss and detoxification.
Red beans, also known as red adzuki beans, were called "the grain of the heart" by Li Shizhen. Red beans are neutral in nature and have effects such as clearing heat and toxins, promoting blood circulation and draining pus, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, promoting urination and reducing swelling, and relieving qi stagnation and irritability. They can be used to treat conditions like difficult urination, edema due to spleen deficiency, beriberi, and jaundice. They promote heart function and enter the heart meridian. Red beans also contain a good amount of dietary fiber, which has the benefits of moisturizing the intestines to relieve constipation, lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, detoxifying and preventing cancer, preventing stones, and aiding in slimming and beauty. Moreover, red beans have a good diuretic effect, can relieve alcohol and toxins, and are beneficial for heart disease, kidney disease, and edema. The folic acid in red beans is a good food for lactating mothers to promote milk secretion.
5. Black beans nourish the kidneys and can nourish yin and nourish the hair.
Black beans are known as the "king of beans" and are especially suitable for those with kidney deficiency. Black beans are neutral in nature, regulating the middle and replenishing qi, promoting blood circulation and detoxification, treating bloating, promoting urination, and stopping sweating, entering the kidney meridian. Research shows that black beans also have effects such as detoxifying and promoting urination, relieving irritability, reducing swelling and promoting urination, nourishing kidney yin, stopping night sweats, blackening hair, and prolonging life. In daily life, the fermented black bean paste we often eat is made from fermented black beans.
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