Many people think that mung beans are only suitable for consumption in hot summer days. However, mung beans also have the effect of lowering blood lipids. Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that consuming mung bean, lotus seed, and pigeon soup can nourish and strengthen the body, improve immunity, and detoxify. Let's learn about mung bean, lotus seed, and pigeon soup together!
【Name】
Mung Bean, Lotus Seed, and Pigeon Soup
【Ingredients】
1 pigeon, 60g mung beans, 50g lotus seeds, 20 goji berries, ginger slices, 1 teaspoon salt.
【Instructions】
1. Put the washed mung beans, lotus seeds, and pigeon in a soup pot and add an appropriate amount of water.
2. When the water starts to boil, skim off the foam on the surface with a spoon.
3. Cover the pot and simmer on low heat for 50 minutes.
4. After 50 minutes, open the lid and add the washed goji berries.
5. Cook for another 5 minutes, then sprinkle with salt. Serve.
【Benefits】
Mung beans are rich in nutrients. They are high in protein, fat, various minerals, carbohydrates, and vitamins. The protein in mung beans contains essential amino acids for the human body and has the effects of antibacterial, anti-tumor, lowering blood lipids, and detoxification.
Pigeon meat is not only nutritious but also has health benefits. Pigeon meat has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, clearing heat and detoxification, nourishing qi and blood, promoting saliva and quenching thirst, and preventing and treating various diseases.
【Nutritional Value】
Modern medicine believes that pigeon meat can strengthen the body, nourish the kidneys, improve memory, regulate blood sugar, promote brain health, lower blood pressure, beautify the skin, and prolong life. It can also help the body effectively utilize cholesterol, making it beneficial for anemic individuals to consume and recover their health. Regular consumption can also improve skin cell vitality, blood circulation, enhance skin elasticity, and give a rosy complexion.
The polysaccharides in mung beans can enhance the activity of serum lipoprotein lipase, hydrolyze triglycerides in lipoproteins, and achieve the effect of lowering blood lipids, thereby preventing and treating coronary heart disease and angina.
Lotus seeds have the effects of nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing the kidneys and securing essence, and nourishing the heart and calming the mind. This soup has the effect of reducing internal heat in spring and is very suitable for consumption in spring for health maintenance.
