Health care function of millet porridge
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the basis of human health is essence, qi and spirit. Essence is the power of life, Qi is the source of life, and God is the light of life. Essence, qi and spirit perform their respective duties and influence each other. TCM health preservation is mainly to regulate essence, qi and spirit.
The famous doctor Bielu once described the efficacy of millet as follows: benefiting kidney qi, eliminating the heat of spleen and stomach, and benefiting qi. Li Shizhen wrote: Millet (millet) tastes salty, cold seeps down, and the valley of kidney meridian is easy to be eaten by kidney disease. Reduce stomach fire, so the disease of spleen and stomach should be eaten.
1. Spleen and stomach
"Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned: Xiaomi "cures nausea and heat dysentery, tonifies deficiency and stimulates appetite". In fact, whether it is nausea, heat dysentery or physical weakness, it is related to the poor function of the spleen and stomach, so the main function of millet is to replenish the spleen and stomach.
2. Strong kidney-tonifying effect
The so-called "people eat grains and turn essence into essence" means that all grains have the function of nourishing essence and tonifying kidney, among which Xiaomi has the strongest kidney function.
Nourish the heart and soothe the nerves.
Compendium of Materia Medica also mentioned that drinking millet soup "can enhance the function of small intestine and has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves". Therefore, it is also used as a dietary health care product to soothe the nerves and help sleep.
4. Beauty function
Millet can reduce wrinkles, spots and pigmentation.
5 types of millet porridge nourish skin and stomach.
(1), egg millet porridge
Ingredients: 50 grams of millet, eggs 1 piece.
Cook porridge with millet, take juice, then beat in eggs and cook slightly.
Usage Soak your feet with hot water before going to bed, drink this porridge, and then go to sleep.
Efficacy: nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Used for heart deficiency, irritability and insomnia.
(2) Millet and pumpkin porridge
Ingredients: millet 100g, water 10 cup of water, pumpkin 1-2 kg, a little crystal sugar or honey.
Practice: Wash the rice, peel the pumpkin, cut it into 1/2-inch cubes or slices, put it in water, simmer for about 30 minutes, and add crystal sugar or honey.
Efficacy: Pumpkin can stimulate islet B cells, produce insulin and prevent diabetes. The porridge cooked with millet alone is relatively thin, which just neutralizes the viscosity of pumpkin cooked for a long time. The cooked porridge is golden in color, sweet and moist to drink, and has the effect of relieving fever and relieving summer heat.
(3), jujube millet porridge
Raw materials: millet 150g, jujube 10g, peanut kernel and brown sugar 10g.
Practice: 1. Wash the millet, put it into the soup pot and soak it in water for about 30 minutes; Wash jujube, remove the core, and chop jujube meat for later use. Take a soup pot, fill it with appropriate amount of water, bring it to a boil, add millet, and turn to low heat for slow cooking. When the millet blooms, add chopped red dates, stir well and continue to cook. After the red dates are soft and rotten, add brown sugar and peanuts, mix well and cook for a few minutes.
(4) Millet yam porridge
Ingredients: 45g yam, 50g millet, sugar.
Practice: 1. Wash and peel the yam and cut it into small pieces; Wash millet with water. Add water 1000ml to boil, add millet and cook for 5 minutes, add yam and cook with high fire for 5 minutes, low fire for 15 minutes, add appropriate amount of sugar and mix well.
The above is about the making method of millet porridge. Is it simple to look at, but not too comfortable? Here, I would also like to remind everyone that the importance of cooking millet porridge lies in the control of temperature, not too big, and the slow fire must be slow, so that millet porridge is delicious. Do you know how to make millet porridge? Make a delicious millet porridge for yourself and your family!