Black Soybean Porridge ~ Strengthen Kidney Yin Deficiency

Another ancient secret recipe of my granny’s alternative healing with food therapy by using of black soybean, red dates, rice and ginger to relieve tinnitus or vertigo. This wholesome food is a very simple preparation to daily diet and yet it is a delicious porridge and soup. It can be taken as sweet dessert soup by adding rock sugar or as salty porridge by adding soy sauce.


Home Remedy for treating ear fluid imbalanced especially "kidney Yin deficiency" problem.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz of black beans,
• 3 oz of rice,
• 4 slices of Ginger (peel)
• 10 Red Dates (Optional)
• 8 bowls of water

Note/Optional:
If you wish to make it as soup, add extra water to 10 bowls of water.






Method:
1. Wash Black soybean and rice then drain dry ready for use.

2. Fried black soybean and rice separately (without oil or water) for about 5 minutes.






























3, Add in black soybeans, rice, red dates and ginger slices to boiling water.










4. Reduce the flame to low heat, and boil on simmering fire till water till quantity reduced to 1 bowl.

5. Remove from heat, drink the water only. (For Ear problem)


6. For strengthen Kidney, cook for 40 minutes, then eat the porridge, red dates and black soybean.

(Can also add rock sugar to serve as sweet dessert soup, or add salt or soy sauce as porridge).

* Spice of the ginger is important to this recipe, it is an effective herbal remedy for treating dizziness, or vertigo is present. Taking this soup or porridge by regular basic will help in improving the ear problems and kidney Yin deficiency.


This gentle and natural home remedy is quite good for Kidney “Yin deficiency” as kidney strengthening foods to invigorate by tonifies the deficient Yin of kidney function.


In alternative home remedies, we can either get it from food or other activities.

Black soybean is good source of “Yin” nourishing foods for kidney. Black is for “water” and “Kidney” is lies in the element of "water" too.

This simple recipe which help in support and normalize the body and kidney energy and help to reduce of toxic heat, control “water metabolism” preventing of water retention, this is what involves the proper diet and nourishment of the ears is what affected by the kidney system in functioning.

As weaken in kidney energy can causes poor hearing or other sickness conditions, e.g meniere's disease (imbalance of ear fluid), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), Symptoms and signs of Kidney Yin Deficiency to ear problems: Dizziness, feeling fullness and ringing in the ear, migraine or slowly hearing is the sign of tinnitus (ringing in the ear).

Tinnitus and Meniere's Disease (imbalance of ear fluid) is an influence hearing and balanced inner ear disease, which is one kind of internal ear pathological change causes, and initiation endolymph (the fluid contained inside the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear) back-flow is blocked or the absorbing barrier. Some of the causes is unknown, some factor cause maybe due to family history, ear infection an head injury as in modern science medical diagnosis.

In meridian channel the kidney is the most important reservoir of essential energy and storing the “Jing” or essence. The Kidney is the root of "Fire" and "water".

Kidney Yang is to ensure the fire of each organ is not drowned out, it goes to the lungs and supervises the discharge of excess water by the bladder. They "open into the inner ear". The Kidney and ear in meridian channel and its physical branches is interconnected are emerge parallel function. It said “the kidney in meridian channel is open into the ears”. As when the channel collapse, influences of passage for water or fluid to flow through. But not all ear problems or disorders are related to the kidney.

When the kidney system imbalanced of "Yin and Yang" deficiency it manifest as soreness and weak. Example like deficient Yin with liver fire causing heat symptoms like "ringing in the ear" or Tinnitus.

Manifestation and root cause of kidney in channel Qi, governing water metabolism, pathway of Qi flow is deficiency and kidney Qi failing to control respiring Qi. As our body Qi is constantly ascending, descending, entering and leaving, when Qi is gathers or disperses, the qi flow within the pathways occurs several times in a day in active period. It influences our body Qi energy functioning is form or collapse.These imbalances of kidney system in functioning “Yin and Yang” deficiency may cause several signs and symptoms like night sweat, cold limbs, edema, water retention, weaken and pain of back and knee, insomnia, poor libido, fertility problem, poor appetite, constipation, chronic fatigue as well as ear problems e.g Meniere’s syndrome, vertigo and tinnitus.

Stimulation by gently massage the ear auricle with pressure point to reflex zones, or lightly closing the ear with light pressure also helping in conserves the kidney Qi energy and stimulates the ears. The warmth stimulates and circulation reinforces the flow of lymph, increase the flow smoothly.

Roasted Black Bean Tea

Losing weight has been a pain in you, when trying to lose weight perhaps you might even change your entire lifestyle to promote healthy eating, physical activity.

This is not a joke. Simple way for losing your weight with Black Bean Teas, recent research also shows that Black Beans are rich in antioxidants as well. Antioxidants destroy free radicals, and when eaten regularly, have been shown to offer protection against heart disease, cancer and aging. It is believed that the proteins within the bean help the body better synthesize incoming calories and boost the metabolism.


Nutritional Values:

Black beans, (cooked, boiled), I cup(1 72g)
Calories:227
Protein:1 5.2g
Carbohydrate:40.8g
TotalFat:0.9g
Fiber: I 5g


Excellent source of:

Iron (3.61mg), Magnesium (120mg), Phosphorus (241mg), Folate (256mcg)

Good source of: Zinc (1.93mg), Thiamine (.42mg), and Niacin (2mg)


How to:

1. Clean and wash Black Beans thoroughly and dried it ready for use.

2. Fried for about 10 minutes till skin cracked open.

3. Or bake in Oven Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Heat shells for 10 minutes.

How to make Black Beans Tea:

To make Black Beans Tea, take about 2 tablespoon full of bake Black Beans and add hot boiling water into it and simmer for 10 minutes. I prefer to use coffee maker as it heated and simmer the nice aroma of it. That’s it my healthy Black Beans Tea of the day.

For improving your eye sight, you can add so Goji to it. It tastes wonderful.

For weight lost, Black soy beans are low-carb, high protein; you can eat them the same way you'd eat peanuts as you wish. Besides helping you maintain a healthy weight: they help lower your blood pressure and are a great way to help prevent the onset of diabetes. It helps improve blood circulation, constipation problem, better sleep, beautiful and whitening skin texture. Good source of anti-oxidant for anti ageing and also get rid of water retention.

It is so simple and healthy way for good health. You can drink as much as you can up to 3 glasses per day.

Kongjaban - Sweet and Salty Black Bean

Homes made of eco-friendly materials have become quite popular other than making fruit enzymes and vinegar. What I love most, this Side dish (Bancha) is my favorite in my recipes. Like radish, seaweed, cabbage and black bean. I enjoy the preparation of making such stuffs for leisure passing time apart for the concept of “well-being” (healthy living).







I like the Korean peoples’ appreciation for healthy living and eating, I found Korean recipes are very healthy, less deep fried and less oily. Most of their recipes are pickles stuffs like kimchi. There are endless varieties, and it is served as a side dish or cooked into soups and rice dishes.

This one Korean recipe - black bean sweet and nutty side dish, What I know this Korean dish is called “ Kongjaban” in Korean restaurant. Usually I would try to make more as I don’t really take junk foods, so these seasoned black beans are a protein-filled will eventually as my snack or appetizer for me.

Black bean is a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber, black beans' high fiber content prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after a meal, Black Beans Give You Energy to Burn While Stabilizing Blood Sugar. In addition, they are a very good source of dietary fiber and folate.

When researchers analyzed different types of beans, they found that, the darker the bean's seed coat, the higher its level of antioxidant activity with its Manganese for energy production and Antioxidant Defense. Also promote optimal health and protein power plus. Antioxidants destroy free radicals, and when eaten regularly, have been shown to offer protection against heart disease, cancer and aging. It is believed that the proteins within the bean help the body better synthesize incoming calories and boost the metabolism.





Ingredients:

· 1 cup black soy beans, washed
· 1 cup water
· 1/2 cup soy sauce (I like Bragg Liquid Aminos)
· 1/2 cup sugar
· 1 Tbsp sesame oil
· 1 tsp sesame seeds

Note: To shorten cooking time and make it easier to digest, black beans should be presoaked

Why presoaking?
Presoaking has been found to reduce the raffinose-type ligosaccharides, sugars associated with causing flatulence.) There are two basic methods for presoaking.

1. Placing the beans in a saucepan and adding two to three cups of water per cup of beans. Bring to boil the beans for two minutes, take the pan off the heat, cover and allow to stand for two hours.

2. Another method is to simply soak the beans in water for few hours or overnight, placing the pan in the refrigerator so that the beans will not ferment. Before cooking the beans, regardless of method, drain the soaking liquid and rinse the beans with clean water.

Preparation:

1. Soak black beans in water for 2 hours, remove water, use water and bring to boil and cook for 15 minutes.

2. After cooking for 15 minutes. Use medium-low heat and add soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. Stir to combine and continue to cook for 10-15 minutes.

3. Remove pot from heat and stir in sesame seeds. Serves 4

keep in fridge whenever I need snack, it really taste nice and healthy snack.