Light tempeh is derived from the fermented processing of the mature seeds of the legume soybean.
Light tempeh
Light tempeh is not only a very common food seasoning or next meal, but also a taste of traditional Chinese medicine, almost every household has its shadow on the dinner table, my family often uses light tempeh steamed fish to eat.
Light tempeh is available for sale, but you can also make your own. However, homemade light tempeh may use soybeans as raw materials, but light tempeh as a traditional Chinese medicine generally uses black beans as raw materials, and the preparation method may be different.
Black beans
Light tempeh, also known as fragrant tempeh, is spicy, sweet, slightly bitter, cold, returning to the lungs and stomach meridians. Depending on the preparation method, the efficacy may also be different.
If it is made of black beans and perilla leaves, ephedra and other warm medicines as raw materials, the medicinal properties are biased to the temperature, there is a divergent wind chill effect, often compatible with the white onion, used to treat the external cold fever, chills, headaches, no sweat, nasal congestion and other evidence.
If it is made of black beans and mulberry leaves, artemisia annua and other cold medicines as raw materials, the medicinal properties are cold and cold, there is a role of divergent wind and heat, often with mint, honeysuckle, forsythia and other cold medicines, for the treatment of external wind fever or the beginning of temperature disease, symptoms such as fever, thirst, headache, sore throat and so on.
In addition, the light tempeh tastes spicy, the quality is light and floating, has the nature of evacuation and communication, has the effect of removing annoyance and publicizing depression, and is suitable for chest upset, hypochondria and insomnia caused by fever, headache, no sweat or evil heat in the chest, that is, fever and depression.
Although light tempeh is not strong in sweating, it contains fat, protein and digestive enzymes, which has the effect of strengthening the stomach and helping digestion.