Soybeans are a nutritious food that is good for your health. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 100g of soybeans contain 446 kcal, 20g lipid, 2mg sodium, 1.79mg potassium, 30g carbohydrates, 9g fiber, 7g sugar, 36g protein, 6mg vitamin C, 15.7mg iron, 280mg magnesium, 277mg calcium.
Not only is soybean a food, it is also a good medicine for health.
Doctor, Traditional Medicine Practitioner Nguyen Huu Trong, member of the Vietnam Association of Traditional Medicine, 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, bean curd pudding, 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 colds with symptoms such as cough, fever without sweating, headache, abdominal discomfort, vomiting, fatigue, and insomnia.
According to physician Trong, these soaked and dried soybean sprouts are a medicine to treat diseases including dizziness, vertigo, and numbness in the limbs due to cerebral ischemia, helping to increase cerebral circulation. Eating sprouted soybeans also has a strong preventive effect against 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, provide energy, balance cells and provide 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 abscesses. 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 and 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 rub off the skin, slice tofu and fry until golden brown. Put Chinese clematis, fried tofu, celery, ginger and onion in a pot and cook with the fish head until done, use as soup to eat during the day.
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