Three major benefits of eating mung beans in summer to relieve fire and detoxify

　　1. Reduce heat. Eating mung beans can clear away heat.

　　First of all, the most well-known thing is that mung beans can clear away heat. In the summer when the sun is scorching and the heat is scorching, drinking a few bowls of cold mung bean soup will relieve thirst and make you feel refreshed. Why do mung beans have such good effects?

　　However, saying that mung beans can clear away heat does not only refer to "summer heat". The meaning of "summer heat" is too narrow and can only refer to summer. Mung beans are eaten regardless of the season. As long as there is "fire" in the body, then mung beans can be used to get rid of it. Just like "moistening dry heat", what is "dry heat"? From a medical point of view, it means that there is dry fire in the body, such as red and swollen eyes, sore gums, sore throat, tinnitus or nosebleeds, etc. The dry fire damages the body fluids, which is usually called internal heat.

　　2. Detoxification, heat poisoning and food poisoning in the body

　　Another important function of mung beans is to detoxify. What "poison" is detoxified? Many doctors in ancient my country have pointed out the efficacy of mung beans in clearing away heat and detoxifying, including the above-mentioned heat toxins caused by fire in the body, such as acne and sores.

　　On the other hand, mung beans can alleviate or relieve various poisoning conditions such as food poisoning. For example, Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Although mung beans have the same effect of reducing swelling and treating gangrene as beans, their ability to suppress heat and detoxify is greater than that of mung beans." ”

　　3. Nourish the stomach and neutralize stomach heat caused by eating too much meat and spicy food.

　　Mung beans also have a good effect of "thickening the intestines and stomach". How do you understand it? In traditional Chinese medicine, the function of replenishing the intestines and stomach or making the intestines strong is called thickening the intestines and stomach. It is said that mung beans can nourish the intestines and stomach, mostly referring to its ability to clear the heat of the intestines and stomach.

　　We know that the five internal organs belong to yin and the six internal organs belong to yang. The spleen and stomach are related to each other from the outside to the inside. The spleen belongs to yin and likes dryness and dislikes dampness. The stomach belongs to yang and likes moisturizing and dislikes dryness. Once we do not pay attention to our diet and eat too much meat or too spicy food, the stomach will easily generate heat. At this time, mung beans, which are cold in nature and enter the stomach meridian, can best nourish the spleen and stomach. People often say that this is the reason why mung bean porridge reduces fire.

　　In addition, it should be noted that mung beans are cold in nature, and people with weak spleen and stomach and cold constitution should not eat more. Therefore, people with cold constitution and weak spleen and stomach should not eat more mung beans. But if you want to avoid eating too cold, you can choose to add more japonica rice to make porridge. Japonica rice is neutral in nature and can nourish the body and qi, so it is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.