Fava bean efficacy and function

Traditional medicine believes that fava beans are sweet, flat, into the spleen, stomach meridian; can tonify the middle and benefit the qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, clearing heat and dampness, stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure, astringent and stopping the belt; the main treatment for lack of qi, tiredness and less food, high blood pressure, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and women's belt and other diseases. Young broad beans cooked rice can be stomach, laxative, on habitual constipation has a good effect. Fava bean stems stop bleeding, stop diarrhea; leaves astringent stop bleeding. Flowers cool the blood, stop bleeding; seed coat diuretic dampness; pod shell income astringent stop bleeding.

1, fava beans can be brain

Fava beans contain regulation of the brain and nervous tissue of the important components of calcium, zinc, manganese, phospholipids, etc., and is rich in cholecalciferol alkaloids, memory enhancement brain function. For brain workers, fava beans are very good nutritional food.

2, reduce cholesterol

Fava beans are very rich in protein, and these proteins do not contain cholesterol, not only that, the crude fiber in the skin of the beans

, purify the internal environment, which is very beneficial to physical health.

3, the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Scientific research surface, excessive intake of cholesterol, easy to cause hypercholesterolemia, control of cholesterol content of the elevated not only to reduce the risk of heart disease, but also help to avoid kidney failure and other kidney diseases. Fava beans contain cholesterol-free protein, can prevent cardiovascular disease.

4, promote bone growth

Fava beans are rich in calcium, this element is conducive to bone calcium absorption and calcification, can promote the growth and development of human bones.

In addition to this, the main effect of broad beans is also reflected in it can benefit the spleen, dampness and swelling, delay arteriosclerosis and so on. At the same time, fava beans are also a kind of anti-cancer food, in the prevention of intestinal cancer has a certain effect.