Chinese medicine always emphasizes that adzuki beans are the best medicine for treating dampness. Adzuki beans have a spicy, sweet, and sour taste, with a mild and neutral nature. They are the yang within yin and are non-toxic. Winter melon adzuki bean soup with fresh fish is light, not greasy or heavy, and is rich in nutrients. It is the best choice for getting rid of dampness!
【Name】
Winter melon adzuki bean soup with fresh fish
【Ingredients】
60g adzuki beans, 750g winter melon, 2 fresh fish, 150g lean pork, 3 slices of ginger
【Instructions】
1. Wash the adzuki beans and winter melon. Cut the winter melon with the skin on. Wash the fresh fish and remove the scales and internal organs. Pan-fry the fish over low heat until slightly yellow.
2. Wash the lean pork and leave it whole without cutting. Put it together with the ginger into a clay pot. Add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowls of water).
3. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2 and a half hours. Season with salt and oil to taste. Serves 3-4 people.
【Benefits】
Winter melon adzuki bean soup with fresh fish is light, not greasy or heavy, and rich in nutrients. It also has the effect of eliminating dampness and invigorating the spleen. Adzuki beans are commonly used in Guangdong folk soups and have the functions of invigorating the spleen, removing dampness, reducing swelling, and detoxifying. Winter melon can relieve heat, while fresh fish can nourish the spleen and promote diuresis.
1. Adzuki beans contain a lot of saponins, which can stimulate the intestines. Therefore, it has a good diuretic effect and can relieve alcohol intoxication and detoxify. It is beneficial for heart disease, kidney disease, and edema.
2. Adzuki beans are rich in dietary fiber, which has the effects of promoting bowel movements, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, detoxifying, anti-cancer, preventing stones, and promoting weight loss.
3. Adzuki beans are foods rich in folic acid. Eating red adzuki beans can promote lactation for postpartum women and nursing mothers.
【Precautions】
1. It is not advisable to consume for a long time. "Shi Xing Ben Cao" records that prolonged consumption can cause weight loss.
2. Adzuki beans have a diuretic effect, so people with frequent and long urination should avoid consuming adzuki beans.
3. It is not suitable for people bitten by snakes. "Sui Xi Ju Yin Shi Pu" records that people bitten by snakes should avoid eating adzuki beans within 100 days.
4. It is not suitable to eat together with carp. Carp and adzuki beans have sweet and sour tastes, and both have the functions of reducing swelling and promoting diuresis. Although cooking them together enhances the diuretic effect, only patients can eat them together. Normal people should not eat carp and adzuki beans together.
