What Are the Potential Hazards of Drinking the "Three Bean Drink"?

Three Bean Soup mainly refers to red beans, black beans, and mung beans. Red beans can eliminate edema and detoxify, so it is suitable for people with edema and abdominal distension. Mung beans can also clear heat and detoxify, promote diuresis and dispel dampness, relieving symptoms of urinary problems and excessive sweating. Black beans can nourish the kidney and spleen, as well as dispel dampness, which is very beneficial to human health. However, Three Bean Soup also has its drawbacks as it is a cold food and should not be consumed excessively, as it may lead to qi deficiency.

Benefits of Three Bean Soup:

1. For children with bedwetting, dark plums, black beans, mung beans, hyacinth beans, Chinese yam, and other ingredients are suitable for treating liver hyperactivity and spleen deficiency.

2. It can be used to treat dampness stagnation. The combination of the three beans can regulate the liver, clear heat, and benefit the middle qi. It is suitable for treating long-term unexplained fever without specific symptoms.

Note: People with severe coldness and dampness in the spleen and stomach should not drink Three Bean Soup excessively. If the air is humid, red beans can be used as they can promote diuresis, dispel summer heat and dampness, and nourish the blood. If there is heavy dampness in the body with thick and greasy tongue coating, red beans can be used as a substitute for red adzuki beans.

Three Bean Soup can also be beneficial for regulating the body. Mung beans and red adzuki beans are cold foods, but adding black beans can mitigate their coldness. Therefore, Three Bean Soup not only clears heat and dispels summer heat, but also nourishes the spleen and dispels dampness. Regular consumption of moderate amounts of Three Bean Soup by people with average constitution will not adversely affect the function of the spleen and stomach. For those with particularly poor digestion, adding an appropriate amount of rice to the three beans and cooking them into a clear porridge can help with clearing heat and nourishing the spleen. Additionally, eating more lilies, which have the effect of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, clearing the mind, and calming the nerves, is also recommended.

Clinically, lilies are often used to treat symptoms such as dry cough due to yin deficiency, coughing up blood due to exhaustion, anxiety, insomnia, and mental confusion.