The efficacy and function of black bean pillow

Many people like to eat tofu-like foods in their lives. Everyone has eaten black beans. Many people use black beans as pickles, and some people use black beans to make porridge or many other delicacies. However, many people don’t know that in addition to eating, black beans have many practical uses. For example, black beans can be used to make black bean pillows. Pillows made of black beans can not only relieve fatigue and cervical problems, but also nourish the kidneys, replenish qi and blood, and beautify the skin. They are also hard and comfortable to use.

Black beans, also known as black beans, are rich in protein, multiple minerals and trace elements. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is sweet, mild in nature and non-toxic. It has the effects of dispelling exterior pathogens and clearing away heat, nourishing blood and calming the liver, nourishing the kidney and strengthening yin, and replenishing deficiency and blackening hair. Li Shizhen said: "Black beans have many functions in the kidneys, so they can treat water retention, reduce swelling, relieve gas, treat wind and heat, and activate blood circulation and detoxify."

Benefits of black beans:

1. Modern people are under great work pressure and are prone to physical weakness. In order to enhance vitality and energy, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is important to nourish the kidneys. Black beans are an effective kidney tonic. According to Chinese medicine theory, beans are the valley of the kidneys, black belongs to water, and water goes to the kidneys, so it is beneficial for people with kidney deficiency to eat black beans.

2. Black beans also have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin for young women. Black beans are rich in vitamins, among which E and B vitamins are the highest. The content of vitamin E is 5 to 7 times higher than that of meat. It is well known that vitamin E is a very important substance for maintaining youth and fitness. Although the ancient Chinese did not know that black beans contain a lot of vitamin E, they learned from practice that it is a beauty food. For example, ancient pharmacopoeias once recorded that black beans can maintain youthfulness, improve eyesight, darken hair, and make the skin white and tender.

3. The skin of black beans is black and contains anthocyanins, which are a good source of antioxidants. They can remove free radicals in the body, especially in the acidic environment of the stomach. It has good antioxidant effects, nourishes the skin, and increases gastrointestinal motility.

4. Black beans are rich in vitamin E and VE, which are also antioxidants that can remove free radicals in the body, reduce skin wrinkles, and maintain youth and health. The crude fiber content in black beans is as high as 4%. Regular consumption of black beans can provide crude fiber in food, promote digestion and prevent constipation.

The role of black beans:

In the long-term agricultural society, people found that livestock became strong, powerful, and disease-resistant after eating black beans. Therefore, black beans were mainly used as livestock feed in the past. In fact, this was determined by the intrinsic nutritional and health-care effects of black beans. At that time, people admired white food, and only the poor and those who could not afford to eat had no choice but to eat black beans. However, doctors and health practitioners have discovered and summarized the medical and health benefits of black beans.

1. To treat kidney deficiency and thirst, stir-fry black beans and Radix Trichosanthis in equal parts, grind them into powder, make them into paste and make pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 70 pills each time, with boiled black bean soup, twice a day.

2. To treat dizziness caused by liver deficiency, put black beans and vinegar in a cow's gallbladder, hang it in a ventilated place to dry, take out and take 7 beans every night, and the disease will heal itself over time.

3. To treat night sweats due to yin deficiency, take 15 grams of black bean skin and 15 grams of floating wheat, decocted in water and taken orally.