Drinking barley and red bean soup can lose weight. Red beans have the effects of enriching blood and benefiting qi, diuresis and detumescence, and promoting heart activation. Eating more can prevent foot swelling and have the effect of losing weight. Its alkaloids can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce constipation, promote urination, and eliminate edema caused by heart or kidney diseases. Eating red beans to lose weight can make your thighs and waist have a very obvious curve effect. Coix lachryma-jobi seed is rich in nutrition, and has the effects of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Red bean and coix seed soup: raw materials: 50g of red beans, 50g of coix seed, and appropriate amount of honey or brown sugar.

Steps:

1. Wash red beans and coix seed and soak them in warm water for 3-4 hours.

2. Put the glutinous rice and red beans into the pot, bring them to a boil, and then simmer for about 40 minutes.

3. When glutinous rice and red beans are soft and rotten, add a proper amount of honey and serve.

Note: Coix seed is cool, which will make the body feel cold and weak after taking it. It is suggested that people with deficiency-cold constitution should not take it for a long time, and women during pregnancy and menstruation should not take it.