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My friend caught a cold and was hot and humid. How should I eat?
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Five grains nursed back to health

People in damp heat constitution should choose to eat some buckwheat, yam, coix seed, mung bean, white lentil, adzuki bean, mung bean and lotus seed. Mung beans, adzuki beans and coix seed have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials besides diuresis and dampness.

Mung bean, also known as green adzuki bean, is named after its green color. Because of its rich nutrition and various uses, it not only has good edible value, but also has good medicinal value, and is called "the food valley to save the world". Therefore, mung bean is a good food for people in damp heat constitution. In Compendium of Materia Medica, there is a Bian Que Sandou drink: mung bean, adzuki bean, black bean each 15g, licorice 3g. Fry in water until the beans are completely cooked. Eat beans and drink soup twice.

The efficacy of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying is relatively strong, and it is more suitable for people in damp heat constitution, and it is prone to damp heat, manifested as eczema, wet sores and acne. And mung bean and honeysuckle soup. Use 100g mung beans, add water until the beans are cooked, add 20g honeysuckle (wrapped in gauze) and cook together. The soup had better be green, not muddy. Go to honeysuckle, eat beans and drink soup. When mung bean and honeysuckle are used together, they are fragrant and delicious, can clear away heat, promote diuresis and relieve annoyance, and are also suitable for people who are too impatient in damp heat constitution.

If the heat is too high, you won't sleep well at night. You can use some yam, coix seed, white lentils, red beans, mung beans and lotus seeds to make porridge. It can not only strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, but also nourish the heart, reduce fever and soothe the nerves. If the heat is too strong and you can't sleep well at night, you can cook porridge with lotus root and mung bean appropriately, which can calm your nerves and promote diuresis.