It seems as if we live in a world of toxins, environmental hormones, carcinogens, clouding agent additives …… panic, nothing to do, no way to escape, is the mood of many people recently. In fact, in the face of the modern food poisons that hit the sky, ancient Chinese medicine has long prepared us a good recipe for licorice black bean soup, (also known as detoxification soup), from the “Compendium of Materia Medica”. Licorice is one of the key medicines for detoxification in Chinese medicine. Li Shizhen said, “According to the ancient recipe that soybean (actually refers to black beans) to detoxify a hundred drugs, I have tried it every time, but the big otherwise, and add licorice, its test is strange.” Licorice and black bean soup can detoxify most of the modern toxins, and there is no side effect to detoxify all the medicines. Black beans and licorice can detoxify all kinds of toxins, with the following effects: 1, nourish the liver; 2, remove toxins (including the toxins of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine); 3, benefit dampness (diuretic); 4, invigorate blood qi; 5, treat skin diseases. Licorice, called “Guolao”, is a good helper to harmonize the medicinal properties. Licorice has a long history of being used in medicine. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, it was listed as the best medicine in Shennong Ben Cao Jing. Tao Hongjing, a medical scientist in the Southern Dynasty, honored licorice as “national old man” and said, “This herb is the king of all medicines, and there are few who do not use it in their prescriptions.” “National old man”, that is, the name of the emperor. The reason for promoting licorice as the “master” of medicine is as explained by Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Among all medicines, licorice is the king, treating 72 kinds of milk and stone poison, solving 1200 kinds of herb and wood poison, harmonizing all medicines, so it has the name of ‘national old man’.” Glycyrrhiza glabra uses Glycyrrhiza glabra is flat, sweet in taste, and belongs to the twelve meridians. It has pharmacological effects such as detoxification, expectorant, pain reliever, antispasmodic and even anti-cancer. In Chinese medicine, licorice nourishes the spleen, benefits the qi, nourishes the cough and moistens the lung, relieves acute and acute toxicity, and harmonizes all medicines. Clinical application is divided into “raw” and “honey roasted”. Raw use is mainly for sore throat, sores, gastrointestinal ulcers and detoxification of drugs, food poisoning, etc.; honey roasting is mainly for spleen and stomach function, loose stools, weakness and fever, as well as cough, palpitations, etc. Black beans, black can enter the kidney, has long been a common food for modern therapists. Black beans have a high protein, low calorie properties. Black beans in the protein content of up to 36%-40%, equivalent to 2 times the meat, eggs 3 times, 12 times the milk; black beans contain 18 kinds of amino acids, especially the human body essential 8 kinds of amino acids; black beans also contain 19 kinds of oleic acid, its unsaturated fatty acid content of 80%, the absorption rate of up to 95%, in addition to meet the body’s need for fat, but also to reduce the role of blood cholesterol. Therefore, regular consumption of black beans, can soften blood vessels, moisten the skin, delay aging. Especially beneficial to patients with high blood pressure and heart disease. Black beans are rich in calcium is an excellent source of calcium for the human body. Potassium plays a role in maintaining the osmotic pressure and acid-base balance inside and outside the cells in the body, and can eliminate excess sodium in the body, thus effectively preventing and reducing hypertension. Iron in black beans can prevent iron deficiency anemia in the body, and iodine can prevent goiter. Molybdenum can inhibit the synthesis of strong carcinogens nitrosamines in the body. Studies have shown that the isoflavones in black beans are a kind of phytoestrogen that can effectively inhibit breast, prostate and colon cancer, and are also helpful in preventing osteoporosis in middle and old age. The glycemic index of black beans is very low, only 18, therefore, black beans are very suitable for diabetics, people with abnormal glucose tolerance and people who wish to control their blood sugar to eat there. Licorice Black Bean Soup Licorice 2 taels (about 65 grams) Black beans 300 grams Water 2000cc Boil a pot of water and cook it as green bean soup until the black beans become soft. You can drink the boiled soup as water or take it as juice. Licorice black bean soup method: 1, black beans 300 grams, wash, soak in water for about 4 hours or placed in the refrigerator overnight. 2, stainless steel pot filled with 2000cc of water, then add the water soaked black beans, turn on high heat, the water will boil. 3: Soak the black beans into the boiling water, add a little sea salt (all bean ingredients, add sea salt, easier to cook soft, this is the trick), turn the heat to medium, continue to simmer for about 10 minutes. 4, then put two or two licorice in the simmering black beans, turn the heat to cook until the black beans are cooked and soft. 5, cooked licorice black bean soup can be drunk as tea, or juice machine, the black beans into black bean milk to drink. But licorice black bean soup also has not come in handy, steroidal toxicity it can do nothing, there is no way to solve. But for other toxins, licorice and black bean soup can mostly be solved. It’s a good idea to cook a pot of it when you have time, even if you eat it as food.