Beans. Useful properties of the product. Use in nutrition and medicinal purposes.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Russia appearedfood beans. It took its place of honor in the menu of all strata of the population. There are more than 200 varieties of this tasty and healthy product, but only about 20 of them are used in the culture of peoples. The most famous types of leguminous plants are common beans, multicolor, lima, lunate, and ostrich leaf.

But great popularity in our countrykidney beans. String beans have not only a unique taste, but it is very useful and nutritious. It is rich in its composition of macro- and microelements and vitamins, and the content of protein exceeds even some types of meat. This valuable plant contains: iron, cobalt, iodine, zinc, copper, fluorine, sulfur, manganese, molybdenum, magnesium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus. And also many vitamins, carotene, folic and ascorbic acids. Every person who wants to stay healthy and who is watching his food, must include in his menu beans. Useful properties of this delicious product, in fact, are unique and many housewives use it not only to enrich and saturate their body, but also successfully apply for medicinal purposes.

In folk medicine, broths and watertinctures. For this, pods, flowers, seeds and husks of beans are suitable. Thus, with heart and kidney edema, a decoction of seeds or pods is used. Used to reduce blood sugar, hypertension, rheumatism, diseases of the genitourinary system, obesity of the liver, skin diseases. It has antimicrobial and wound healing properties.

A decoction of bean pods can be preparedin the following way. Approximately 3 tbsp. Spoon the chopped pods in half a liter of water, boil for about 15 minutes. Leave to stand for 3 hours and drain. Take half the glass before meals 3 times a day. Such a decoction is useful in inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system and with stones in the bladder.

Juice from green pods orunripe bean fruit. It has an antibacterial and diuretic effect. And also reduces blood sugar. For treatment take a teaspoon up to 6 times a day.

It is successfully used for cosmetic purposes. Useful mask, for which the cooked string bean is used. The benefit is to improve and nourish the skin, eliminate wrinkles. To prepare the mask, you need to grate the boiled fruits, mix with lemon juice and any vegetable oil.

Often happens, that many mistresses seldomuse in the diet of his family beans. Useful properties of the legume product are known to many, but not many know how to cook it tasty and with what it is presented.

Before cooking beans should be pre-soakedfor 6-10 hours. It is desirable to soak the red beans always, white can be cooked right away. After soaking, change the water and put on fire. After a couple of minutes after boiling, drain the water and pour cold, you can add any vegetable oil. And while the beans are brewed, it is desirable not to interfere with it.

The choice with what to eat beans is huge. You can add soup, borscht, to any salad. It is useful as cooked and canned. Very tasty fritters with beans or as a filling for pies.

You can prepare it as an independent dish. To do this, you need to boil and mix beans with a mixer. Useful properties of such puree are doubled, as the grinded product is faster to digest and better absorbed by the body. In mashed potatoes, you can add carrots, onions and spices to taste.

As you know, during heat treatmentproducts, many vitamins and trace elements are lost. But, it is the beans, whose beneficial properties are indisputable, while cooking and canning preserve their nutritional wealth.