Broad bean effects and eating methods

Broad beans contain large amounts of protein, calcium, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C, etc. A relatively complete range of amino acids, especially lysine, and are rich in cholelithiasis, which has the effect of enhancing memory and strengthening the brain.

List of other names for broad beans

Hu Dou, summer bean, Luo Han bean, southern bean, purslane bean, Buddha bean, Sichuan bean, Japanese bean.

Nature and flavor of broad beans

Sweet in taste, neutral in nature; enters the spleen and stomach meridians

Nutritional value of broad beans

It contains a large amount of protein, calcium, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C, etc. A relatively complete range of amino acids, especially rich in lysine, and is rich in cholelithiasis, which has the effect of enhancing memory and strengthening the brain.

Broad bean effects

It can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness, stop bleeding and lower blood pressure, and stop leukorrhea. It is mainly used to treat deficiency of qi, fatigue, loss of appetite, hypertension, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and leukorrhea in women.

Compatible

Eating broad beans and snails together may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Eating sea cucumber and broad beans in soup has the effects of strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi and stopping bleeding. Eating them together with winter melon peel decoction has the effects of strengthening the spleen, clearing heat and removing dampness.

How to eat broad beans

Suitable for

The elderly, students taking exams, people who do mental work, and those with high cholesterol and constipation can eat more. People with coldness in the middle jiao should not eat it. Children under 10 years old should be careful when eating fresh broad beans.

Dietary prescription

60g broad beans and 15g wax gourd peel, decocted in water. It can be used to treat edema.

Broad bean recipes

Fried broad beans with shrimp

Ingredients: shrimp, tender broad beans, eggs.

Preparation method: ①Mix the shrimp with onion, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and cooking wine, marinate it, pick out the onion and ginger when cooking, and coat it with wet starch and egg white paste; peel the broad beans, break them in half, blanch them in boiling water and then rinse them in cold water. ②Use 3 grams of monosodium glutamate and salt, 8 grams of wet starch and cooking wine to make juice. ③Pour a little oil into the pot, stir-fry the broad beans quickly, then add the shrimp, stir-fry a few more times, pour in the prepared juice, and stir well after the juice boils.

Efficacy: fresh, tender and tasty, it stimulates appetite and nourishes the kidneys.