The fruit of broad beans is rich in nutrients, containing 28.2 grams of protein per hundred grams, second only to soybeans, containing 0.8 grams of fat, 49 grams of carbohydrates, 6.7 grams of crude fiber, 71 milligrams of calcium, 340 milligrams of phosphorus, 7 milligrams of iron, vitamins B10.39 mg, vitamin B2 0.27 mg, niacin 2.7 mg. At the same time, it also contains trace elements such as phospholipids, choline and other cereals.
Broad beans are sweet and slightly spicy. In addition to food, there are functions such as fast stomach, dampness, visceral qi, "Buzhong Yiqi, astringent essence and intestine" and so on, which can be used to treat various diseases. For example, it is possible to treat edema by using Chendou Decoction stored for more than three years, or using stewed beans and stewed pork, or by using common decoctions such as broad beans and winter melon skin; boiled beans and brown sugar , Bottled storage, taking the day, can cure chronic nephritis; the broad beans (fresh or dry goods fat) smashed like mud, applied to the head, with the dry change, can make bald sores. In addition, broad bean flowers and leaf stems can be used to stop bleeding.
Although broad beans are a good food, but some people - those who are congenitally lacking in the red blood cells a "glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase" material, once they eat beans and their products, or contact with the broad bean pollen, will be There is an acute hemolytic anemia that causes "faba bean disease." The symptoms are fever, headache, nausea, sore limbs, jaundice, hematuria, cramps, and coma. About one in 10 cases will die in the acute phase. It will return to normal within a few days. This disease is generally family hereditary. Therefore, parents or grandparents who have had this disease should not eat broad beans and their products, and should not be infected with faba bean pollen. If this disease occurs, you should seek medical treatment immediately to prevent accidents.