Millet is not only nutritious, but also has the effect of nourishing the stomach. Chinese medicine believes that millet is sweet, salty and cool, and enters the kidney, spleen and stomach meridians. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Xiaomi "treats nausea and heat dysentery, cooks porridge, benefits the abdomen, supplements deficiency and stimulates appetite". Therefore, it is very beneficial to the elderly who are frail, sick, deficient in qi and blood and weak in spleen and stomach.
Red beans, called "Valley of the Heart" by Li Shizhen, are not only delicious miscellaneous grains, but also a panacea for doctors. Red beans are sweet, sour, flat and non-toxic, and have the effect of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen. It is often used for dietotherapy of hypertension, atherosclerosis, edema caused by various reasons, relieving summer-heat, detoxifying and invigorating stomach.
The taboo of eating millet and red beans is (1). Because millet is slightly cold, people with qi stagnation and elderly people with weak constitution and long urine should not eat more.
(2) Because porridge is easily absorbed and blood sugar rises rapidly, diabetics need to be cautious when drinking red bean millet porridge.
(3) According to the classification of traditional Chinese medicine, red beans belong to the agent of light permeability and dampness, and people with deficiency constitution should not eat more.
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