Medicinal food from black beans

Black beans are not only a familiar agricultural product of the people but also a dish rich in medicinal properties.

According to the book Medicinal Properties Guide, "Black beans are a medicinal herb called black beans. They are sweet and mild, non-toxic, beneficial to the urinary tract, reduce heat in the stomach, digest food, eliminate toxic wind, cool the heart, calm the mind, brighten the eyes, promote blood circulation, eliminate swelling, treat pain, and detoxify."

Black beans are rich in protein, lipids, glucids, ash and many minerals: calcium, P, iron, carotene, B1, B2, PP, vitamin C,... Eating black beans is very good for treating blood deficiency, stroke, numbness, aches and pains, prickly heat in children, rheumatism, blood stasis, and is good for women before and after giving birth. Here are some medicinal recipes from black beans:

Cure weak kidneys, restlessness and insomnia:The patient has restlessness, frequent urination at night, and difficulty sleeping. Use black beans, lotus seeds, ginger, and spices to stew and eat.

Cure stroke with crooked mouth:Patients with naturally crooked mouth and eyes: use roasted black beans, crush them, soak them in alcohol and drink several times a day, each time in a small glass.

Treat many postpartum diseases:Postpartum women are tired, dizzy, have back, neck, shoulder, and limb numbness and pain: 1kg black beans, roasted until golden brown, crushed, soaked in good wine, drink 3 times a day/30ml, if you cannot drink wine, boil the water to drink.

Treatment of children with urinary incontinence:Children urinate frequently due to low heat: take 120 black beans, a little licorice, boil water and drink several times a day, drink for several days or more.

Treatment of heat syndrome:Patients with epigastric pain, constipation, thirst. Use black beans, soak, sprout, dry, boil water and drink 50g per day, drink several times a day, drink for 5-7 days.

Treatment of rheumatism:Older patients with blood deficiency, often numb and aching hands and feet. Use roasted green beans soaked in wine to drink, 3 small cups a day, if not drinking wine, boil water to drink.

Treatment of bleeding in many places:Often seen in the elderly with subcutaneous bleeding, oral bleeding, and blood in urine and stool: black beans or black bean sprouts (big bean sprouts) roasted until golden brown and buried in the ground, use 50g or more per day, boil in water and drink like tea.

Treatment of clogged milk ducts:Postpartum women with mastitis, pain and fever: cook 1 bowl of black beans to get water and drink 3 times a day.

Treatment of alcohol poisoning:Patients with nausea and stomachache after drinking alcohol...: cook 1 bowl of black beans to get water and drink several times a day.

Treatment of blood stasis lesions:Patients with blood stasis trauma, swelling and pain, prevent internal bleeding: cook 1 bowl of black beans to get water to drink or mix with a little wine to drink.

Curepregnant womenBack pain, leg pain, fatigue: boil 1 bowl of black beans to get water to drink several times a day, combine with stewed black beans and carp to eat for best results.

Treatment of pediatric poisoning:Children with red rash or contact dermatitis, eczema, diaper rash, prickly heat...: boil black beans to get water to drink, combine with the juice to apply several times a day.

Cure watery eyes:Patients with symptoms of wind-induced tears, trauma, and infection: cook 100g of black beans and drink the water several times a day.

Taboos:Limit the use of black beans for people with weak spleen and stomach, people without heat toxins should not use much, should not cook black beans with pork, magnolia bark, and syringa.

According to SK&DS