On Friday, January 22nd 2024, time stood still. My husband, Paul, and I just got off the phone with my mother in law. She shared the gut wrenching news that my father in law would be transitioning into hospice care the very next day. We were devastated. After a moment of mutual consolation and intense emotional expression, we took off for something comforting to eat.
About 30 minutes later, we arrived to Vui's Kitchen - our favorite authentic Vietnamese restaurant in Nashville, TN. Upon arrival, I ordered an appetizer of edamame dumplings. Edamame is a term used to refer to green soybeans that are harvested before they are fully mature.
According to Chinesenutrition.org: "Traditionally non-GMO soy beans are considered to be very healthy in Chinese medicine. 100 grams of soybeans include 36.3g of highly nutritious animal like protein, 25.3g of carbohydrates, 18.4g of easily digestible non-saturated fats, 412 calories, 5g of fiber, 564mg calcium, 571 mg phosphorous, 11mg of iron, as well as small amounts of carotin, vitamin B2, and nicotinic acid. One pound of soybeans contains as much protein as 2 pounds of lean meat!"
Interesting, what else?
Additionally: "In Chinese medicine soybeans have long been known as an herb capable of healing many diseases including edema (water retention), common cold, skin sores, diarrhea, habitual constipation, iron-deficiency anemia, leg ulcers and complications of pregnancy (such as vomiting, atrophy of the liver, and renal failure). When the great herbalist Shen-Chen Li published his famous book An Outline of Materia Medica he recommended soybeans as an effective remedy for "kidney diseases, water retention, and poisoning". Chinese farmers also feed soybeans to cows to promote lactation, and humans may benefit by frying soybeans and then steaming them with turnips and fresh ginger to promote lactation."
Succinctly, eating non-GMO soybeans can nourish your metabolic life force (tonify qi), build up your blood supply (tonify blood), clear heat, and eliminate toxins from the body. #HealIntentionally
Key Words: Edamame, Soy Beans, Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM, Non-GMO, Healing, Chinese Nutrition, Vietnamese Restaurant, Hospice Care and Wellness
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