【Name of Medicinal Food】
Chenpi Red Bean Lily Soup
【Ingredients】
Main ingredients: 1 handful of red beans
Auxiliary ingredients: 2 lilies, appropriate amount of chenpi, 1 piece of rock sugar
【Steps】
1. Picture of ingredients. Remove the outer layer of the lilies and break the white petals inside into slices.
2. Soak the red beans overnight. Cook them on low heat in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes with rock sugar.
3. Add lilies and chenpi, continue cooking for 5 minutes.
4. Cook until the red beans are soft and the lilies are tender.
【Tips】
This Chenpi Red Bean Soup is a sweet soup that combines blood-nourishing red beans and moisturizing lilies.
You can choose dried lilies, but make sure to soak them thoroughly. The amount of chenpi can be adjusted according to personal preference.
【Nutritional Value of Red Beans】
1. Red beans contain a lot of saponins, which can stimulate the intestines. Therefore, they have a good diuretic effect and can help with alcohol intoxication, detoxification, heart disease, kidney disease, and edema.
2. Red beans contain a lot of dietary fiber, which has a good effect on promoting intestinal lubrication, reducing blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, detoxifying, preventing cancer, preventing stones, and helping with weight loss.
3. Red beans are rich in folic acid, and eating red beans is beneficial for lactating women to promote milk production.
【Effects of Red Beans】
According to traditional Chinese medicine, red beans have a sweet, sour, balanced, and non-toxic nature. They have the effects of dispelling dampness and tonifying the spleen. They are suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. They are often used in dietary therapy for hypertension, atherosclerosis, various causes of edema, heat relief, detoxification, and stomach health.
