Everyone should be familiar with green bean soup. It has been carried down from many generations in my family. Till now, my mum still cooks green bean soup for the family because she claims it's good for the health, but never know the real reason behind it. And so, the curious me looked into the Essential Chinese Medicine books.
Of course, I found it.
How green beans is beneficial to us?
It is that it clears away toxic heat, summer heat and promotes diuresis.
Green beans is to prevent and treat summer-heat synfrome and miliaria.
Quality Herb:
The good ones should be full-grained, green in colour, hard, with pale yellowish green kernel and thick cotyledons.
Hope it helps all.
Extract from Essential Chinese Medicine- Restoring Balance.
If you are interested in finding out more, do check out the bookstores for this book. =)
