The efficacy and function of orchid beans

The effects and functions of orchid beans themselves are quite significant. After ingestion, they are good for people's bodies. The most important thing is that orchid beans are rich in protein and vitamins. These two nutrients are indispensable for people every day. So people can eat some orchid beans appropriately in normal times, but don't eat too much to avoid getting angry.

Broad beans contain protein, carbohydrates, crude fiber, phospholipids, choline, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, and various minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, especially phosphorus and potassium.

Medicinal

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lentils are sweet and slightly spicy. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effect of treating spleen and stomach disorders, edema and other diseases.

Broad bean grains: Broad bean grains have the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness and lowering blood lipids. Broad bean porridge can be used to treat loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea, indigestion, anemic edema, chronic nephritis edema, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc. caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency.

Broad bean husk: Broad bean husk is the seed coat of broad bean. In addition to its diuretic and moisture-instilling effects, it can also be used to treat chronic nephritis, hematemesis, and fetal leakage.

Broad bean leaves: "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" records: "Broad bean leaves are a hemostatic agent that can treat all types of bleeding." Including bleeding from tuberculosis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and bleeding from trauma. Broad bean flowers: Harvest broad beans when they bloom after the Qingming Festival, and sun-dry or bake them for later use. It is sweet and flat in nature, can cool blood and stop bleeding, and treat coughing up blood, epistaxis, bloody diarrhea, leucorrhea, hypertension and other symptoms.

Broad beans contain toxic β-cyanoalanine and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. β-Cyanoalanine is a neurotoxin that causes symptoms such as muscle weakness and paralysis of the legs and feet. L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine is the causative agent of "favism", the symptoms of which are acute hemolytic anemia. Most patients are children and the disease occurs 5 to 24 hours after ingestion. Cooking usually eliminates its toxicity.

Production Guidance

There are many ways to eat broad beans. They can be boiled, stir-fried, fried, or soaked and then peeled off the seed coat for stir-fry or soup.

Made into broad bean sprouts, it tastes even more delicious.

Broad bean flour is the raw material for making vermicelli, rice paper, etc. It can also be processed into bean paste to make pastries.

Broad beans can be steamed and processed into canned food, and can also be made into soy sauce, bean paste, sweet sauce, hot sauce, etc. It can also be made into various snacks.

Broad beans can be eaten raw. Freshly picked tender broad beans can be eaten raw, especially in the southern part of the Yangtze River where they are mostly eaten raw.

Shelling broad beans: Put dry broad beans in a ceramic or enamel container, add an appropriate amount of alkali, pour boiling water and simmer for one minute, then you can peel off the broad bean skins, but the peeled broad beans need to be rinsed with water to remove the alkaline taste.