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Yin Chen, Adzuki Bean & Mung Bean Soup

traditionally used to clear liver heat, resolve dampness, and support liver function

In short: Yin Chen, Adzuki Bean & Mung Bean Soup is a soup that traditionally used to clear liver heat, resolve dampness, and support liver function. It is most often made for digestive wellness, cooling & summer heat, liver wellness. Total time about 70 min. Key ingredients: mung beans.

By · Published under our editorial policy · Research library

Prep
10 min
Cook
60 min
Total
70 min
Makes
0.9–1.2 L
Digestive WellnessCooling & Summer HeatLiver WellnessEveryday Balance
Yin Chen, Adzuki Bean & Mung Bean Soup

Why people make this soup

As the weather turns warm and humid in late winter and spring, it becomes easy for dampness to accumulate inside the body — especially for people who sit most of the day, move little, and tend to eat cold, sweet, or fried foods. When internal dampness combines with the external damp-heat of the season, the result is a familiar sluggishness: that heavy-headed, groggy feeling where even a full night of sleep leaves you tired. For those who also stay up late, or have liver function concerns (liver inflammation, fatty liver, or elevated liver enzymes), Nourilo recommends this soup: three humble, inexpensive ingredients that together are traditionally associated with clearing liver heat, easing dampness, and lifting that foggy, heavy feeling.

What studies say about the key ingredients

Traditional use is not the same as clinical proof. Here is the strongest human research we found for each ingredient, limitations included.

  • Adzuki beans · Randomized crossover trial, 10 participants · 2019
    Adzuki bean meals had a low glycemic index (21–51 range reported with lotus seed), whereas other starchy foods did not differ significantly from rice. Adzuki bean hydrolysis index was lower than other test foods.Limitation: Only ten healthy participants and acute single-meal responses, so effects in people with diabetes or with regular intake are unknown.PubMed 30875961 · 1 more adzuki beans study
  • Mung beans · Randomized crossover trial, 20 participants · 2019
    Breath hydrogen and methane were higher after wheat than after rice or mung bean noodles. Bloating scores after mung bean did not differ significantly from wheat, and mung bean produced gas levels similar to rice.Limitation: Small sample of 20 patients, with single meals tested rather than habitual intake, so longer-term effects of mung bean on symptoms are unknown.PubMed 31484315 · 1 more mung beans study

From the Nourilo Research Library. Findings come from specific doses, extracts and populations and may not apply to a home-cooked recipe.

Safety first — read before you cook

This is a traditional food, not a treatment. Please check with your doctor or pharmacist before making it a regular part of your diet if you:

  • are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are cooking for a young child;
  • take regular medicines — especially blood thinners, blood-pressure, diabetes or immune-suppressing drugs;
  • have a kidney, liver or heart condition, or a known food allergy.

Stop eating it and seek advice if you notice an allergic reaction or feel unwell. Safety notes reviewed 8 October 2026 · How we write safety notes

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