Common names include hen bean, beauty bean, acacia bean, red bead wood, red bean, Yaeshan coral, and black-headed chick.
Red beans (scientific name: Vigna angularis) is a plant of the genus Vigna in the subfamily Fabaceae. It is one of the common ingredients and is also known as adzuki beans and adzuki beans.
Red beans are a high-nutrition grain food with high protein and low fat, and contain protein, sugar, fat, dietary fiber, vitamin B complex, vitamin E, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, etc. Nutrients. Red beans are rich in iron, which can make people look rosy, replenish blood, promote blood circulation, strengthen physical strength, and enhance resistance.
A close relative is adzuki bean, which is mainly used in traditional Chinese medicine and is often mixed with red bean. However, adzuki bean has better medicinal effect.
Extended information
Red beans grow in mountains and forests and are widely distributed in tropical areas. It is native to China. It is an evergreen tree that grows in environments with an altitude of 200-900m. Most of it grows beside rivers, hillsides, and valley forests. It is found in Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian in my country. , Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places are widely distributed.
Red beans contain more nutrients than many foods, such as wheat, millet, corn, etc. Red beans also contain a variety of inorganic salts and trace elements, such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, etc.
Red bean protein has a high lysine content and is suitable to be mixed with cereals to form bean paste or bean porridge for consumption. It is generally made into bean paste or used as a pastry raw material. Red beans are not only delicious food, but also a wonderful medicine for doctors to treat diseases. In dietary therapy, it is often used for hypertension, arteriosclerosis, edema caused by various reasons, as well as for relieving heat, relieving heat and toxins, and strengthening the stomach.
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