The difference between red beans and red beans is that they are different in form, and red beans are often used as food, while red beans have a higher medicinal value. The shape of the red bean is long and flat, smaller in diameter than the red bean, with a protruding umbilicus, the texture is harder, not easy to break. Red small beans taste sweet, sour, sex flat. Attributed to the heart, small intestine meridian. It has the efficacy of inducing water retention and eliminating edema (facilitating urination and eliminating water retention), detoxifying and draining pus. Red beans are clinically used to treat edema, jaundice, rheumatic fever paralysis, intestinal carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the bowels of the intestinal organs, with fever, right abdominal pain, can feel the lump for the performance) abdominal pain. Note that red beans have strong diuretic effect, is not suitable for people taking Yin deficiency injury and should not be used in too large a dose, the adverse effects are not clear. Red bean shape short and round, diameter 4 ~ 6mm, larger than the red bean. No protruding umbilicus, soft texture, easy to cook. Red beans do not have greater medicinal value, commonly used for food, such as non-allergic suitable for all people to eat. If you need to use medication, you need to use it under the diagnosis and analysis of a professional physician.