What diseases can soybeans cure?

Soybeans are a nutritious food that is good for your health. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 100g of soybeans contains 446 kcal, 20g of lipid, 2mg of sodium, 1.79mg of potassium, 30g of carbohydrate, 9g of fiber, 7g of sugar, 36g of protein, 6mg of vitamin C, 15.7mg of iron, 280mg of magnesium, and 277mg of calcium.

Not only is soybean a food, it is also a good medicine for health.

Doctor, Traditional Medicine Practitioner Nguyen Huu Trong, member of Vietnam Traditional Medicine Association, said that soybeans are also known as soybeans, yellow beans, and yellow beans.

In traditional medicine, soybeans have a sweet and mild taste, neutral properties, and help strengthen the spleen and stomach, help shape (muscles, bones, tendons), and provide energy, minerals, and vitamins to balance cells.

Soybeans are processed into tofu, fermented bean curd, soy milk, soy sauce... which are nutritious foods for health.

Soybeans are often processed into dishes such as beans, tofu, and soybean flour. (Illustration photo)

According to Mr. Trong, dishes made from soybeans are medicine for people who have just recovered from illness and want to regain their health, people with mineral deficiencies, and people with rheumatism and gout.

In addition, soybeans are also processed into fermented soybean protein. In traditional medicine, fermented soybean protein has a spicy and neutral taste, and has the effect of eliminating heat and treating external wind-colds with symptoms such as cough, fever without sweating, headache, abdominal discomfort, vomiting, fatigue, and insomnia.

Physician Trong said that this soaked and dried soybean sprouts are a medicine to treat diseases including dizziness, vertigo, numbness and weakness in the limbs due to cerebral ischemia, helping to increase cerebral circulation. Eating sprouted soybeans also has a strong effect in preventing atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, myocardial infarction, and obesity.

According to the document “Medicinal plants and herbs of Vietnam” by Professor Do Tat Loi, soybeans are a nutritious and easily digestible food, helping to form muscles, bones, tendons, providing energy, balancing cells and providing minerals. Soybeans contain protein with a bitter, spicy and cool taste, which has the effect of releasing gas, relieving pain and relieving stress.

In Yunnan (China), soybeans are used to treat edema, foot qi poisoning, jaundice, rheumatism, postpartum epilepsy, aphasia, and tumors and swelling. Soybeans also help treat yin deficiency and heat, and spontaneous sweating.

Some remedies using soybeans

Remedy to nourish the liver and kidney, strengthen the kidney and help blacken hair: Soybeans, black sesame, peanuts, green beans, black beans, red beans in equal amounts, and sufficient white sugar. Roast the ingredients until fragrant, grind into powder, mix well, eat 2 times a day, 30g each time with sugar water or fresh milk.

Blood tonic, spleen tonic, stomach tonic: 100g soybean flour, 100g wheat flour, 200g corn flour, 4 eggs, 150g brown sugar, 150g cow's milk. Mix all ingredients into a mixture and bake into cakes.

Body tonic recipe: 200g tofu, 1 carp head, 25g Chinese clematis, celery, onion, fresh ginger, sesame oil and spices to taste. Soak Chinese clematis in warm water until soft, then peel off the skin. Cut tofu into pieces and fry until golden brown. Add Chinese clematis, fried tofu, celery, ginger and onion to the pot and cook with the fish head until done. Serve as soup during the day.

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