Post Date December, 02 2023
There is a popular saying among the people: "One day without meat, one day without beans". We can see the position of beans in our diet. China is the hometown of soybeans, and there are countless foods made of soybeans in China. Tofu, dried tofu, soybean milk, Fermented bean curd... What is the difference between soybeans? Let's have a look!
China is the hometown of soybeans. As early as five thousand years ago, soybeans were one of the five major foods of the Chinese nation. After the invention of tofu making by Liu An in the Han Dynasty, the status of legumes in China's diet has improved. For thousands of years, "green vegetables and tofu ensure safety" has become the golden rule of Chinese people's diet.
Soybean is known as "meat in the countryside" and "warehouse of high-quality protein". Soybean contains about 40% protein and 20% fat. The content of amino acids in soybean protein is high, except for the low content of nitrogen. The protein content of 1 jin of soybean is about equal to that of 5 jin of corn, and its protein quality is also better than that of corn. Therefore, soybean is a kind of food with high protein, high fat and comprehensive nutrition.
"One day without meat, not without beans"
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine listed beans as one of the five cereals, which was called "shu" at that time. According to traditional Chinese medicine, soybeans are sweet and mild in taste, non-toxic, and have the effects of invigorating the spleen and widening the middle, moistening dryness and eliminating water, expelling pus and detoxifying, and reducing swelling and pain. It can treat heat accumulation in the stomach, water toxic swelling, adverse urination, etc. Soybeans can also be processed into tofu, Rolls of dried bean milk creams, dried beancurd, Fermented bean curd, bean sprouts, bean curd dregs, etc., which are popular food for people. Here are some recipes for soybeans for readers' reference.
Anemia
100 grams of soybeans and pig liver respectively. Boil the soybeans until they are eight mature, then add the pig liver and cook them. Take it three times a day. For 3 weeks.
2 Exhaustive sweating
100 grams of soybeans, 50 grams of floating wheat, 5 Chinese dates, boiled with water.
3 Hypertension
200 grams of soybeans, 60 grams of kelp, boiled soup, with a little salt, edible.
4. Postpartum milk deficiency
The soybeans are cooked and eaten daily. It can nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and nourish blood. It can also be used for chronic illness and physical deficiency.
5 beriberi
200 grams of soybeans, 100 grams of red beans, and 100 grams of white lentils. Boil soup and drink it. It will take effect on the same day. If the effect is not obvious after eating, you can add 15 grams of betel nut and 3 grams of senna leaves on the next day, and drink the soup together, then the effect will be effective.
In addition, if eye fatigue occurs, black beans can be soaked in vinegar to relieve it. Black beans are rich in antioxidant anthocyanins and carotenoids beneficial to the eyes, which can also nourish the liver and kidney, and the health of the liver and kidney is conducive to improving vision. The method is to dry fry the beans in a pan. After the skin of the beans collapses, fry them in low heat for 5 minutes, and then put them into a dry container. After cooling, pour them into old vinegar and soak for 2 hours, and then eat them.
