"How to Make a Beauty-Boosting Five Bean Soup: A Nourishing Recipe for Radiant Skin"
Five Beans Beauty Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 spoonful each of red beans, green beans, soybeans, black beans, and purple rice (spoon size can be varied, with equal amounts of all five ingredients)
- Brown sugar (add according to personal taste)
Instructions:
- Rinse the five ingredients thoroughly and soak them in water overnight.
- Pour the water from soaking the beans into a pot, add clean water until the volume is approximately six times that of the beans. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for half an hour or until the beans are tender. Adding brown sugar before serving enhances the flavor.
Extra Tips: Finally, during the Spring Festival holiday, I had time to finish reading Zhong Libaren's book "Seeking Medical Treatment is Not as Good as Seeking Oneself". A simple beauty soup caught my attention. I tried it several times at home, and the results were really good. I'm sharing it with you. For women, anything related to beauty is worth trying. The author calls this recipe a beauty porridge, but I call it a beauty soup because it's not sticky and tastes a bit like syrup.
Soaking the five ingredients requires an overnight period. As the weather warms up, I recommend covering the soaking container with plastic wrap and placing it in the refrigerator to prevent bacterial growth due to excessive temperature.
(The following excerpt is from "Seeking Medical Treatment is Not as Good as Seeking Oneself": Beauty Begins with Drinking Colorless Nourishing Porridge)
Soybeans: Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Enter the spleen, lungs, and large intestine meridians. They nourish qi and spleen, promote qi circulation and alleviate stagnation, nourish blood and moisturize dryness, promote urination and reduce swelling.
Green Beans: Sweet in taste and cool in nature. Enter the heart and stomach meridians. They clear heat and detoxify, promote urination and reduce swelling, stimulate appetite, and strengthen the spleen.
Black Beans: Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians. They nourish yin and blood, promote blood circulation and urination, tonify deficiencies, darken hair, dispel wind, and detoxify.
Red Beans (Adzuki Beans): Sweet, sour, and neutral in taste. Enter the spleen, liver, and bladder meridians. They promote urination and reduce swelling, alleviate abdominal distention, strengthen the spleen, and nourish blood. According to "Shixing Bencao," it "reduces edema and promotes weight loss with long-term consumption," suggesting a potential effect for weight loss.
Purple Rice: Sweet in taste, warm in nature. Enter the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians. It nourishes the heart and calms the mind, strengthens the spleen and nourishes blood, strengthens the kidneys, and benefits essence.
Overall, this "Bean and Rice Formula" comprehensively considers the functions of all five internal organs. With a balanced combination of hot and cold properties, it neither causes dryness nor dampness, promotes bowel movements without harming the spleen and stomach, and nourishes without causing stagnation. It is indeed a wonderful recipe for longevity. I once asked the woman about the origin of this recipe, and she said it was an accidental combination.
