Red bean is the name of a Chinese herbal medicine and the seed of the red bean tree. The seeds are oval or nearly round, bright red or dark red, and there are strips of hilum on the side. Mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places, relying on rivers or forests to grow. Red beans are evergreen trees. They like sunny warm environment and are not strict with soil. It has the effects of regulating qi and dredging channels, and treating hernia, abdominal pain and blood stasis amenorrhea.
Red beans are cylindrical with a dark brown surface. Red bean is an annual erect or twining herb. For some girls, it can be eaten as a snack, which can detoxify and regulate internal secretion. It is rich in protein, as well as a variety of trace elements and vitamins needed by human body, which can reduce fat and weight to some extent.
Adzuki bean is rich in plant protein, calcium, iron and other elements. Proper consumption of adzuki beans can enhance the body's resistance, prevent osteoporosis and relieve leg and foot pain. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, adzuki bean has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, lowering blood pressure and lipid, relaxing bowels, detoxicating and expelling pus.
Red beans are rectangular, slightly flat, purple in color, shiny or dull. It is often used with medicinal materials to achieve therapeutic effects. Cooking porridge with red beans can make red bean soup, which has the effects of eliminating edema, promoting lactation, relaxing bowels and losing weight, and can also regulate the spleen and stomach.
Red bean, adzuki bean, adzuki bean and adzuki bean all belong to leguminous plants, and their functions are different. Proper consumption can help people's health, which is of great benefit to the body, but don't eat too much. They are all common foods in our daily life. We should understand their functions and make some foods or recipes that are beneficial to our health.