Adzuki bean (scientific name: cowpea) is a leguminous cowpea plant, which is one of the common ingredients, also known as adzuki bean and adzuki bean.
Red bean is a nutritious food with high protein and low fat, which contains protein, sugar, fat, dietary fiber, B vitamins, vitamin E, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and zinc. Red beans are rich in iron, which can make people rosy, enrich blood and promote blood circulation, enhance physical strength and enhance resistance.
Close relatives are adzuki beans, which are mainly used in Chinese herbal medicines and are often mixed with red beans. But adzuki bean is more effective.
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Red beans are born in mountain forests and widely distributed in tropical areas. Originally from China, it is an evergreen tree, born at an altitude of 200-900m, mostly growing in rivers, hillsides and valley forests, and widely distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.
Red beans contain more nutrients than many foods such as wheat, millet and corn. Red beans also contain a variety of inorganic salts and trace elements, such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese and zinc.
The content of lysine in red bean protein is high, so it should be mixed with grain to make bean board or bean porridge, generally made into bean paste or used as pastry raw material. Red beans are not only delicious food, but also a panacea for doctors. In dietotherapy, it is often used for hypertension, arteriosclerosis and edema caused by various reasons, as well as for relieving summer-heat, clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and other purposes.
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