The Journal of Korean Medical History (한국의사학회지)
- Volume 21 Issue 1
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- Pages.109-115
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- 2008
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- 1229-6147(pISSN)
A Bibliographical Analysis on Bean sprouts
콩잎에 대한 문헌적 고찰
- Lee, Sun Ah (Korean Institute of Oriental Medicines) ;
- Park, Sang Young (Korean Institute of Oriental Medicines) ;
- Ahn, Sang Woo (Korean Institute of Oriental Medicines)
- Published : 2008.09.30
Abstract
Bean sprouts have been one of the vital food for our ancestor for a long time. They were also hardy wild plants or first-aid medicine for needy people. Even nowadays they are served at table. For examples, bean curd, bean-curd dregs, bean sprouts, soybean paste, fermented soybeans, hot pepper paste, and soy are our daily food. Moreover bean sprouts are widely favored at the age of the well-being. Bean sprouts for a recover from a hangover, soybean paste for the prevention of cancer, beans leaf as the best well-being food for a diet, and so on. Thus the paper explains the origin of bean sprouts and their application as a food or medicinal stuff with the analysis of the various and wide-spread records.