Mung beans & Wakame soup

The holidays and New Year are a time of gatherings and often drinking more alcohol. According to traditional Chinese medicine, alcohol can warm the body, but excessive consumption weakens the kidneys, liver, and overall energy of the body. This popular Chinese soup traditionally appears on summer tables (not only for hangovers), and, despite its simplicity, delivers a multi-layered taste. They can be challenging for both mind and body. Take some time to relax with simple breathing exercises or gentle qigong movements. Harmony and self-care are the best gifts you can give yourself during this time.

You will need:

4 cups water
1/2 cup rinsed dry mung beans
1 tablespoon 5 grams chopped wakame seaweed
2 tablespoons of white miso
sesame seeds

Procedure:

Combine mung beans, seaweed, and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for one hour.

If you like soup, add 2 tablespoons of white miso paste. Before serving, remove 3 to 4 tablespoons of the soup from the pot and mix it with the miso paste in a separate bowl. Make sure all the lumps are well mixed, and slowly stir the miso mixture back into the soup. In Japan, miso is important for overall health and alleviating the effects of excessive alcohol consumption, as it soothes the digestive system and detoxifies the body. Garnish with sesame seeds.

Mung Bean – Property – Sweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.
Actions – Clear heat and remove toxicity, relieve summer heat and promote diuresis.
Indications – Edema, diarrhoea, erysipelas, carbuncle and swelling, polydipsia due to summer heat, toxicity of some drugs

One should not use cations for deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach.

Properties of Chinese medicine can be found here Mungo Beans Hangover Soup.
Properties of Chinese medicine can be found here in Mung bean soup.

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