Grain regimen (27): Adzuki Beans (red beans)

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Adzuki Beans (red beans)

• Nature and Flavor: Sweet, sour, neutral, and non-toxic.

• Functions and Effects: Diuretic, reduces swelling, relieves inflammation, and invigorates the spleen and stomach.

• Auxiliary Treatment: Edema, erysipelas, gonorrhea, postpartum insufficient lactation, iron-deficiency anemia, and can be used externally for abscesses.

• Dietary Therapy Recipes:

1. For nephritis-induced edema and malnutrition-induced foot swelling: Take 60-90 grams of adzuki beans, 250-500 grams of winter melon, decoct them, and consume the decoction.

2. For ascites caused by liver cirrhosis: Take 500 grams of adzuki beans, one carp weighing over 500 grams, add 300 milliliters of water, simmer until the adzuki beans are fully cooked, and consume it in divided doses, including the soup, within one day or alternating days.

3. For lower limb erysipelas: Take 15 grams of adzuki beans, 10 grams each of ox knee and coptis, decoct them in water, and take the decoction.

4. For heat stranguria and hematuria: Slowly stir-fry 250 grams of adzuki beans until powdered, stew one scallion, crush it, mix it with alcohol, and take 20 grams each time.

5. For postpartum insufficient lactation: Take 50 grams of adzuki beans and cook them into porridge for consumption.

6. For iron-deficiency anemia: Take 50 grams of adzuki beans, 10 jujubes, and 25 grams of longan flesh, cook them together until the beans are fully cooked, and consume it along with the soup once a day.

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