Functions and indications of mung bean and licorice soup

Mung bean and licorice soup is a health-care soup. It also has certain medicinal value. It is very good in moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, and in promoting diuresis and diuresis. It is also very effective in clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is more suitable for drinking in summer. It has a good effect in relieving heat and preventing heatstroke. The method of making mung bean and licorice soup is relatively simple, and it also has a good effect on liver care.

How to make mung bean and licorice soup

Preparation method: 100 grams of mung beans, 10 grams of raw licorice, add appropriate amount of water to the above two ingredients, simmer over low heat, and drink at will. Mung beans can also detoxify. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, enter the heart and stomach meridians, and have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis. According to the records in Chinese medical literature and the actual application among the people, the functions of mung bean are summarized as: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and promoting urination, reducing swelling and relieving itching, astringing and promoting tissue regeneration, improving eyesight and removing cataracts, and relieving all poisoning. All medicines are poisonous to some extent, but for many middle-aged and elderly people, some medicines have to be taken, so remember to eat more licorice to detoxify in daily life. Friends who are often sick, or elderly people who take medicine for chronic diseases all year round, must have a bowl of detoxification soup. After the liver's detoxification function is strengthened, other medicines can be better absorbed!

Functions and indications of mung bean and licorice soup

Licorice tastes sweet and is neutral in nature. It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, relieving acute pain, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, detoxifying, and harmonizing various medicines. It can be used for spleen deficiency and weak stomach, abdominal pain, cough, palpitations, sores, swelling, poisoning and other symptoms.

Mung beans are sweet and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing fire. It is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in Chinese medicine to relieve various food or drug poisoning. Mung beans have a strong detoxifying effect. They can remove a variety of toxins, help excrete toxins from the body, and promote normal metabolism of the body.

Mung beans are a great product for clearing heat and detoxifying. They have a refreshing taste and are suitable for people of all ages. It is recommended to boil mung bean and licorice water once a week and add some kelp to make delicious kelp and mung bean sugar water (although licorice is sweet, if it is used as sugar water, you can add a little white sugar). For people with a strong constitution and heavy internal heat, you can first soak the mung beans in water, wait until they become soft, then boil them with licorice (one to two slices) for 45 minutes, and then you can drink the juice.

For those with a weak and cold constitution, you can boil mung beans and licorice for another hour to reduce their coldness, or add tangerine peel to the mung beans and licorice and boil them together. In addition to neutralizing the coldness, tangerine peel also has the effects of drying dampness and regulating qi.