The efficacy and function of coix seed and mung bean porridge

Coix seed has the effects of diuresis and detumescence, invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and draining pus, etc. It is a commonly used diuretic and dehumidifying medicine. Coix seed is also a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep the skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne, freckles, age spots, pregnancy spots, butterfly spots, and has a good effect on desquamation, acne, chapped skin, and rough skin.

Mung beans have the effects of relieving heat and replenishing qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the throat and quenching thirst. They can prevent heatstroke and treat food poisoning, etc.

1. The protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans have the function of stimulating nerves and increasing appetite, which is necessary for increasing nutrition for many important organs of the body;

2. The polysaccharide components in mung beans can enhance the activity of serum lipoproteinase, hydrolyze triglycerides in lipoproteins to achieve the effect of lowering blood lipids, thereby preventing and treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris;

3. Mung beans contain a kind of globulin and polysaccharide, which can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in the animal body into bile acid in the liver, accelerate the secretion of bile salts in bile and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine;

4. According to clinical trials, the active ingredients of mung beans have anti-allergic effects and can treat diseases such as urticaria;

5. Mung beans have an inhibitory effect on staphylococci and certain viruses, and can clear away heat and detoxify;

6. Mung beans are rich in trypsin inhibitors, which can protect the liver, reduce protein breakdown, and thus protect the kidneys.