Uses of green beans

In addition to being used as food, green beans are also used for beauty and medicine very effectively.

In addition to its use as food, green beans (Mung Beans) are also used for beauty and medicine very effectively. This food has been used as medicine for a long time. The book "Manh Duoc Than Hieu" by famous physician Tue Tinh wrote: "Mung Beans are non-toxic, replenish vital energy, clear heat, can purify urine, treat ulcers, brighten eyes, and treat many diseases"...

Detox food
Radix is ​​also known as broad bean, broad bean, short bean, green bean. Scientific name Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek var. radiata (Phaseolus radiatus L.), belongs to the legume family - Fabaceae.

The DX plant is an upright herbaceous plant, about 50cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets, hairy on both sides. The inflorescence is in the leaf axils. The flowers are yellow-green. The bean pods are cylindrical, thin, hairy, containing many short, nearly spherical, green seeds, with yellow flesh, and a bud in the middle.

The seeds of the winter wheat are small, about 2 - 2.5mm in diameter. People collect the fruit, dry it, and take the seeds to make food, process foods such as porridge, sticky rice, cakes, sweet soup, grind them into powder to make vermicelli, roast them until golden brown and grind them into powder to make nutritious cereal foods... or incubate them to sprout to make winter wheat sprouts.

According to Oriental medicine, DX has a sweet, slightly fishy taste, cool properties, and the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, eliminating heat, increasing vitality, regulating the five internal organs, and reducing pain and swelling. It is often used in the form of porridge or boiled water to drink in the following cases: summer fever, heatstroke, diabetes, difficulty urinating, abdominal pain due to heat, burning stomach, sadness, headache, vomiting, nausea, and restlessness in pregnant women.

In addition, DX is very useful for people who often suffer from skin diseases such as: acne, scabies, hives; people with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic hepatitis, alcoholism; children with mumps, measles...

Boiled water of DX and licorice (120g DX, 60g raw licorice) has the effect of detoxifying when taking the wrong medicine (mercury, arsenic...), taking an overdose of medicine (aconite, aconite...), detoxifying food poisoning, cassava poisoning, mushroom poisoning.

Foods to prevent heat-related diseases in the summer

Rice porridge with lotus leaves: 100g rice (with skin), 1 fresh lotus leaf, 100g rice. Wash the lotus leaves thoroughly and drain. Clean the rice and rice and simmer until soft. When the porridge is cooked, cover the pot with lotus leaves. Simmer over low heat for a while until the porridge turns light green.

Or use: 100g of DX (with skin), 1/4 fresh lotus leaves, 100g of rice. Wash DX, put in the pot to cook first. Wash lotus leaves, cut into small pieces. Wash rice, drain. When DX is soft, add rice and lotus leaves and cook until porridge is thin. Eat 2 times a day, 1 bowl each time, on an empty stomach.

This dish has the effect of nourishing the body, cooling, detoxifying, eliminating heat, promoting urination and reducing swelling, helping to reduce blood fat, lower blood pressure and prevent obesity.

Dong Xo porridge, arrowroot: 50g arrowroot powder (or 100g arrowroot), 100g Dong Xo (with skin), 50g rice.

Wash the rice and the arrowroot, then simmer until it becomes porridge. When cooked, add the tapioca starch mixed with water, stir well, and cook for a while (if using arrowroot, add it at the same time as the rice and arrowroot).

This dish has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting urination, producing body fluids, and quenching thirst. It is a healthy dish in the hot summer, and is very good for people with high blood pressure, lipid disorders, and cerebral circulatory insufficiency.

DX soup: DX soup is very good for people with urinary retention. In case of pain and burning in the urinary tract, you can use 500g of crushed DX bean sprouts, extract the juice, add sugar and drink.
When having headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting due to carbon monoxide poisoning, you can cook DX soup to eat, or use 30g DX powder, mix with boiling water to drink.

Note: you should use green beans with the shell intact, because according to Oriental medicine, the green bean shell is sweet, cool, non-toxic, has a better heat-clearing and detoxifying effect than the bean flesh, and also helps brighten the eyes, is diuretic, and relieves anxiety.

For external use, DX is prepared as follows:

- Treating shingles: Wash the leaves, crush them (or chew them raw), take the pulp and apply it to the painful area.

- DX powder, talcum powder: DX powder 20g, talcum powder 30g, mix both well, use to rub on areas with prickly heat.

- Treating paint allergy: 100g of raw DX, wash thoroughly, soak in water for 12 hours, take out and crush into mortar, add 30g of crushed honeysuckle, mix both well, apply to the affected area.

According to Health and Life - nt