Mung Bean

I think everyone is familiar with black-eyed peas, so today I will introduce some general knowledge about black-eyed peas:

Introduction to black-eyed beans:

Mung Bean is the seed of Phaseolus vulgaris, a plant of the Leguminosae family. It is spherical or oblate, slightly larger than soybeans, and also shaped like cashews. It is also known as rice beans. It is distributed in Hebei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces in China, and is also produced in Vietnam. Mung Bean is the name used by Cantonese people. It is called white rice beans in Luchuan Materia Medica.

Nutritional analysis of black beans:

1. Black-eyed peas provide high-quality protein that is easy to digest and absorb, an appropriate amount of carbohydrates, and a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can supplement the body's nutrients and improve immunity;

2. Vitamin B1 contained in black peas can maintain normal secretion of digestive glands and gastrointestinal motility, inhibit cholinesterase activity, help digestion and increase appetite;

3. The phospholipids in black-eyed peas can promote insulin secretion and participate in sugar metabolism, making it an ideal food for diabetics.

Black-eyed peas are suitable for the following people:

It is edible for the general public

1. Suitable for people with kidney deficiency, diarrhea, frequent urination, male spermatorrhea, female leucorrhea; especially for those with diabetes and kidney deficiency;

2. Eating too much mung bean will cause stagnation, so people with qi stagnation and constipation should eat mung bean with caution.

Therapeutic effects of black bean:

Mung Beans are sweet, neutral, salty, non-toxic, and enter the spleen and kidney meridians;

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, relieving thirst, nourishing the kidney, generating essence, harmonizing the five internal organs, regulating the Ying and Wei, and regulating the middle and replenishing Qi;

Boil it to treat diabetes, thirst, and use it externally to treat mumps.

Black-eyed peas cooking instructions:

1. Mung beans are usually used as food to cook porridge and make bean paste;

2. As a grain, it is best to cook mung bean into porridge with glutinous rice; do not eat too much at one time to avoid gas and bloating.