Coix lachryma-jobi seed, called "Coix lachryma-jobi 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 replenish qi if taken for a long time. Red beans, known as "adzuki beans" in Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic and detumescence effects and spleen and stomach strengthening effects. 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. To eliminate dampness, nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and red beans are the only ones. Boiling it into porridge is intended to make its effective components fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.
The "detumescence" effect of coix seed and red bean is also very interesting. We must not 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 discharge these residual water in the human body, and can also reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, 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 elderly people and obese people.
Dampness is the root of all kinds of chronic incurable diseases in modern times, and Coix seed and red bean soup is a good medicine for treating dampness. I usually give patients a prescription and always tell them some precautions in their diet and daily life, among which the most common thing is to go back and drink the barley and red bean soup as tea. For patients who don't have this condition, 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 won't be sticky. Red beans and glutinous rice will always rot at the bottom, and the red soup will be 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: the ratio of glutinous rice and red beans is 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 heat until Job's tears are cooked. You can add some rock sugar or brown sugar when drinking.
Besides red bean glutinous rice porridge, you can learn more about the nature and taste of various foods, add and subtract by yourself, and form more dietary prescriptions suitable for your physique. Only in this way can food really become a good health care product. For example—
Look dull, listless, even palpitation, drowsiness, emptiness in the heart: barley, red beans and longan.
Irritability and insomnia, or rash and acne on the face: barley and red beans with lily and lotus seeds.
Cold stomach pain, poor appetite, fear of cold: barley and red beans with ginger.
Kidney deficiency: barley, red beans and black beans
Beriberi: barley, red beans and soybeans.
Cough: red beans, pears and glutinous rice
Loss of appetite and thin figure: barley, red beans and yam.
Diarrhea, abdominal pain and diabetes: barley, red beans and pumpkin.
Physical weakness, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission and polyuria: add Coicis Semen and Euryale Semen.
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 beautiful. I advise you not to do this, because rice contains water, and red beans and barley are all moisture-removing. 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 work.
Although coix seed has a good beauty and health care function, it is not suitable for everyone. So who can't eat barley? Chinese medicine experts pointed out that the following kinds of people can't eat coix seed-
1, tears of coix seed will make the body cold and weak, so people with cold and weak are not suitable for eating coix seed for a long time.
2. Women who are menstruating should also avoid eating coix seed.
The sugar contained in glutinous rice is very sticky, which may hinder digestion, so people with indigestion can't eat glutinous rice.
4, pregnant women should not eat more coix seed, coix seed has diuretic effect, which may cause imbalance of sodium and potassium ions in the body, discharge more water, and the amount of amniotic fluid may be reduced, but it will not cause fetal malformation. Pregnant women can eat but can't eat more.
Tip:
Although coix seed has the function of lowering blood fat and blood sugar, it is only a health food and cannot be used as medicine. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia still need to see a doctor for treatment. Never eat barley for treatment.
Coix seed contains more starch, but it will be mushy after brewing, but it will not be very thick. Thick products must be added with glue to increase the heavy feeling, which is deceiving consumers, so pay special attention.