What effect does red bean barley porridge have?

The function of barley and red bean porridge is mainly to dispel dampness, which can get rid of moisture in the body. It is very suitable for people with heavy humidity in summer and people with heavy humidity in their bodies. It can be eaten as a meal and is a good product for eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen.

Coix seed, called "Coix seed" in Chinese medicine, is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. It can eliminate dampness and benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach, and can strengthen the body and benefit the qi if taken for a long time. Red beans, known as "red beans" in Chinese medicine, also have obvious effects of diuresis, detumescence and spleen and stomach strengthening. Because they are red, they can nourish the heart.

Modern people have great mental stress, lack of heart-qi, improper diet, little exercise, spleen deficiency and dampness. Eliminating dampness, nourishing the heart and strengthening the spleen and stomach is necessary, and it is none other than barley and red beans. Boiling it into porridge is intended to make its effective components fully absorbed by the human body, and at the same time it will not cause any burden to the spleen and stomach.

The "detumescence" effect of coix seed and red bean is also very interesting. We must never think that swelling is edema. Look at people now, at least five or six out of ten people are fat and swollen, which is called bloated.

In Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that the body is wet. Water can't flow with qi and blood and stay between human cells, which makes the human body expand rapidly. So is edema, so is obesity, but the degree is deep and shallow. Drugs or foods with strong dampness-removing properties can remove these residual water and liquid in the human body, which can also reduce swelling. Therefore, the treatment of edema must use red beans, and practice has proved that barley red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect, which can not only lose weight, but also does not hurt the body, especially suitable for middle-aged and obese people.

Dampness is the root of all kinds of chronic incurable diseases in modern times, and barley and red bean soup is a good medicine to treat dampness. I usually tell patients some precautions in diet and daily life after prescribing, among which the most talked about is to go back and cook barley and red bean soup as tea. For patients without this situation, I will let him cook porridge with barley and red beans as the staple food for dinner.

One advantage of glutinous rice red bean porridge is that it will not be sticky. Red beans and glutinous rice always rot at the bottom, and reddish soup is on it. Most of the effective ingredients of glutinous rice and red beans are in the soup. Put more water when cooking porridge, and these soups will be enough for us to drink for half a day, just as tea …

The practice of glutinous rice and red bean porridge: glutinous rice and red beans are matched according to 2: 1 (about a few will do). Wash and soak coix seed and adzuki bean for one night. Put all the ingredients in a pot, add water and bring to a boil, then cook with low fire until the barley is cooked. You can add some rock sugar or brown sugar when drinking.

In addition to red bean glutinous rice porridge, you can learn more about the sexual taste of various foods, add and subtract by yourself, and form more dietary prescriptions suitable for your physique. In this way, food can really become a good health care product. For example—

Pale complexion, listlessness, even palpitations, drowsiness and emptiness: barley and red beans plus longan.

Irritability and insomnia, or rashes and acne on the face: barley and red beans with lilies and lotus seeds.

Stomach cold pain, loss of appetite and fear of cold: barley and red beans and ginger.

Kidney deficiency: barley, red beans and black beans

Berberi: Barley, Red Bean and Soybean

Cough: red bean pear glutinous rice

Loss of appetite and emaciation: barley, red beans and yam

Diarrhea, abdominal pain and diabetes: barley, red beans and pumpkins.

Physical weakness, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission and polyuria: Coicis Semen and Euryale Semen are added.

Pregnant women: reduce coix seed and add a small amount of astragalus and codonopsis pilosula.

Maternity: Reduce coix seed and increase jujube, millet and brown sugar.

Important: Some people say that when cooking glutinous rice and red bean porridge, add a handful of rice, which tastes more delicious. I suggest you never do this, because rice contains water, and both red beans and barley can remove water. Once rice is added, it is equivalent to adding water. Although it may taste better, it is not good for health. Because of that handful of rice, all the red beans and barley were in vain, and it didn't have any effect.