Edema-reducing competition! Red beans are better than mung beans in all seasons

Office workers sit in the office for long periods of time and lack exercise, which leads to poor blood circulation and metabolism. This can easily cause water retention in the buttocks and lower body, resulting in edema-type obesity. In addition to exercise, many people try to reduce edema through diet. Some of them are green bean fans, while others must go for red beans. Which of these small colored beans is the best at reducing edema?

Red beans have the effect of nourishing blood and promoting diuresis, and are a weight-loss ingredient suitable for consumption all year round.

Which one is best for diuresis and weight loss among red beans, mung beans and black beans?

Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Meifei said that common "beans" that can help eliminate edema include red beans, mung beans and black beans. According to Chinese medicine theory, their characteristics and diuretic effects are different, so when consuming them, different applications should be made based on personal constitution and season.

Red beans are sweet, sour and flat in nature, and can enter the heart meridian and small intestine meridian. They have the effects of promoting diuresis, removing dampness, reducing swelling, and replenishing blood. They are suitable for people with blood deficiency, poor complexion, and frequent headaches. Mung beans are sweet and cold in nature. They can regulate the heart meridian and stomach meridian. They have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving heat and promoting diuresis. They are often used clinically to treat symptoms such as excessive anger, excessive heart fire, dry mouth and tongue, itchy skin, acne, deficiency heat, and excessive deficiency fire.

Black beans are sweet and mild in nature. They enter the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and relieving gas, and nourishing kidney yin. They can be clinically used to treat or relieve symptoms such as edema, low back pain, sore eyes, frequent urination, and oliguria caused by insufficient kidney qi. It is also a common ingredient for nourishing the kidney qi of the elderly.

Among the three types of beans mentioned above, red beans, which have the function of replenishing blood, are the most suitable for consumption all year round, while mung beans, which have the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, are more suitable for eating in summer. As for black beans, they can be consumed in winter when people focus on nourishing the kidneys in accordance with the concept of seasonal health preservation.

Red beans are sweet, sour and flat in nature, and can enter the heart meridian and small intestine meridian. They have the effects of promoting diuresis, removing dampness, reducing swelling, and replenishing blood.

Eat beans to drain water. Red bean and lotus leaf soup is delicious in all seasons.

Based on the above arguments, Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Meifei recommends that people who want to lose weight can cook sugar-free red bean water to promote water metabolism, eliminate edema, and improve weight loss results; or they can add lotus leaves and plantain seeds and other medicinal herbs to stew to promote venous return in the lower body and accelerate the metabolism of excess water.

【Red bean lotus leaf soup】

Ingredients: 30 grams of red beans, 2 grams of lotus leaves, 3 grams of plantain seeds, and appropriate amount of water.

Method: Wash all the herbs, add water and boil into 500c.c. soup.

Description: This soup can promote blood circulation and metabolism in the lower limbs, and improve obesity caused by edema in the lower body. It is recommended to drink this soup once a day. As the Yang energy is strong during the day, drinking it in the morning can increase the metabolic rate and eliminate or prevent edema. If it is cold weather, you can also add black beans when cooking together.

How to eat colorful beans in all seasons

In addition, Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Meifei also provides health recipes for red beans, mung beans and black beans. When consumed in specific seasons, they can not only help promote diuresis and reduce edema, but more importantly, they can also promote the normal functioning of the body and achieve the effect of health preservation.

【Four Seasons Health: Red Bean and Sweet Potato Soup】

Ingredients: 50 grams of red beans, 3 slices of ginger, 5 to 10 grams of brown sugar, appropriate amount of sweet potatoes and water.

Description: Red beans can nourish blood and promote diuresis, ginger warms the meridians and dispels cold, brown sugar promotes blood circulation, and sweet potatoes are high in fiber. Add water and boil it into 500c.c. of soup. It is a weight loss and health-preserving soup suitable for all seasons. If it is cold in spring or winter, or if you are naturally afraid of cold, you can also add a small amount of cinnamon powder to help nourish the kidneys and warm the body.

Mung beans have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Boiled with coix seeds, they are especially suitable for weight loss in summer.

【Summer and Autumn Health Preservation: Mung Bean Soup】

Ingredients: 20 grams of mung beans, 10 grams of coix seeds, 2 grams of white fungus, 2 grams of lily, a small amount of rock sugar, and appropriate amount of water.

Description: Mung bean and coix seed are both ingredients that can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis. White fungus and lily can moisten the lungs. Add water and cook into 500cc of soup, which is especially suitable for cooling off in summer and relieving respiratory discomfort in autumn.

[Winter health care: black bean and black date soup]

Ingredients: 20 grams of black beans, 5 black dates, and appropriate amount of water.

Description: Both black beans and black dates have the effect of strengthening the spleen, and black dates contain natural sweetness. They are sweet without adding sugar when cooking, making them suitable as a soup for kidney nourishment in winter. The elderly generally have symptoms of kidney deficiency and fear of cold, so you can add 1 qian of cinnamon twig and 1 qian of mugwort to help drive away the cold; you can also add wolfberry to protect your eyes and vision.