Qian Shi is a kind of medicinal herb that is beneficial for the spleen. It looks like a chicken head and is also known as chicken head rice or chicken head seeds. Green beans are commonly seen in our daily life, especially in the hot summer season, where many people have the habit of drinking green bean porridge. So, can Qian Shi and green beans be eaten together?
Can Qian Shi and green beans be eaten together?
Yes, they can be eaten together.
Green beans are well-known for their ability to clear heat, detoxify the body, promote diuresis, and improve eyesight, making them popular during the hot summer season. Qian Shi, on the other hand, is commonly known as chicken head rice and is the dried seed of the aquatic plant Nymphaea lotus. It can be consumed as food or used as a medicinal herb. Qian Shi is rich in amino acids, vitamins, and other nutrients. It has a mild nature and a sweet and bitter taste, with the ability to tonify the kidney, strengthen the spleen, and stop diarrhea.
There are no compatibility taboos between the two, and consuming them together can enhance their medicinal effects, so they can be eaten together.
The efficacy and effects of Qian Shi and green bean soup
Tonify the spleen and benefit the stomach
Qian Shi has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, making it suitable for symptoms such as spleen deficiency and chronic diarrhea. Green beans contain amino acids, proteins, vitamins, and other nutrients. When consumed together with Qian Shi, they not only provide multiple nutrients to the body but also tonify the spleen and benefit the stomach.
Clear heat and detoxify the body
Green beans have a sweet taste and a cool nature. They have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying the body, promoting diuresis, and improving eyesight. They are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Green beans contain green bean protein, tannins, and brassin, which can combine with organophosphorus pesticides, mercury, arsenic, lead compounds to form precipitates, reducing or eliminating their toxicity, and making them difficult to be absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract. Consuming Qian Shi and green beans together can not only tonify the spleen and benefit the stomach but also clear heat and detoxify the body, making it very suitable for consumption in the summer season.
Tonify the kidney and consolidate essence
Qian Shi has a mild nature and a sweet and bitter taste, with the ability to tonify the kidney and consolidate essence. It is suitable for symptoms such as nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, and frequent urination. Qian Shi and green bean soup are not only nutritious but also have high medicinal value. They can clear heat, tonify the kidney, and have good therapeutic effects on symptoms such as kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, and frequent urination.
Dispel dampness and stop leukorrhea
Green beans belong to the category of herbs that clear heat and detoxify the body. They can promote metabolism, have the effects of relieving heat and diuresis, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, protecting the liver, and improving eyesight. Qian Shi not only tonifies the spleen and stops diarrhea but also dispels dampness and stops leukorrhea. Consuming them together has the effects of promoting diuresis, improving eyesight, dispelling dampness, and stopping leukorrhea, making it suitable for symptoms such as turbid discharge, excessive leukorrhea, and spleen deficiency with dampness.
Precautions for drinking Qian Shi and green bean soup
1. Avoid excessive consumption.
Qian Shi contains a lot of starch, which is not easy to digest. In addition, green beans have a cool nature. Excessive consumption of Qian Shi and green bean soup may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. Avoid consuming on an empty stomach.
Green beans have a cool nature in traditional Chinese medicine, and consuming them on an empty stomach may cause discomfort in the spleen and stomach, leading to symptoms such as diarrhea and stomach pain.
3. Avoid long-term consumption.
Qian Shi and green bean soup have good medicinal value. Moderate consumption can tonify the spleen, nourish the kidney, clear heat, detoxify the body, and protect the liver and promote diuresis. However, green beans have a cool nature, and long-term consumption may harm the spleen and stomach.
Recipe for Qian Shi and green bean soup
Qian Shi and Green Bean Soup
Ingredients
50g Qian Shi, 20g green beans, suitable amount of water, suitable amount of rock sugar.
Instructions
1. Wash the appropriate amount of Qian Shi and soak for 10 minutes.
2. Add green beans and rock sugar and simmer for about 30 minutes.
3. Serve in a bowl after thickening, and add rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Clear heat, detoxify the body, tonify the spleen, nourish the kidney.
