Mint is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Its stems and leaves are pungent, cool and fragrant, and enter the lung and liver meridians. It has the effects of expelling wind and clearing away heat, relieving exterior syndrome, expelling wind and swelling, relieving sore throat and relieving pain, and is often used for wind-heat cold, wind-heat headache, red eyes and pain, sore throat, measles rash, etc.
Practice: 30 grams of fresh mint or dry mint 15 grams, decocted in water. Then use100g of japonica rice to cook porridge. When the porridge is ready, add mint soup and rock sugar and boil.
2. Cucumber porridge
This kind of porridge is the best choice for whitening in summer. It is best to eat it every morning and evening, which can moisturize the skin, remove spots and lose weight. Modern scientific research has proved that cucumber is rich in potassium salt and a certain amount of carotene, vitamin C, vitamin b 1, vitamin b2, sugar, protein, mustard, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Regular consumption of cucumber porridge can eliminate freckles and whiten skin.
Practice: wash the cucumber, peel and remove the heart, and cut it into thin slices for later use; Shred ginger for use; Put the rice into the pot, wash it clean, add a proper amount of water into the pot, and pour the ginger into the pot; Put the pot on the stove, light the stove fire, bring it to a boil, pour cucumber slices into the pot, simmer until the rice is rotten, then cook until the soup is thick, add a little salt to taste and take out the pot.
3. Chrysanthemum porridge
Chrysanthemum is fragrant, cool and comfortable. It uses japonica rice as porridge and uses the properties of rice grains to help medicine. Long-term use can beauty beauty and prevent aging. Chrysanthemum porridge can not only be used as a beverage to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also can improve eyesight and calm the liver after long-term consumption.
Practice: Remove the pedicel of chrysanthemum, dry it in the sun, grind it into fine powder, cook porridge with 50- 100g of japonica rice, add chrysanthemum 10- 15g when the porridge is cooked, and cook for another minute or two.
4. Glutinous rice and red bean porridge
Coix seed and red beans are the best way to match. Red beans can tonify qi and blood, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and restore MM's rosy face; Coix seed can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, clear away heat and expel pus, and remove acne. Porridge cooked with barley and red beans can not only remove moisture, but also have the effect of beauty and weight loss.
Practice: coix seed 100g, adzuki bean 50g. Prepare the materials and soak them in warm water 1 hour. After soaking, clean it, put it in a boiling pot, add 5 times of water and cook for 40 minutes.
5, barley lily mung bean porridge
Mung bean can clear away heat and toxic materials, lily can moisten lung and promote fluid production, coix seed can clear away heat and promote diuresis, and japonica rice and stomach, together, can play the role of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. Mung bean and lily porridge can be a summer food suitable for all ages.
Practice: take 30 grams of mung bean, 30 grams of lily, 30 grams of coix seed and 50 grams of japonica rice, and wash the mung bean to remove impurities; Wash lily and break petals; Wash coix seed and japonica rice; The rock sugar is broken; Put mung beans, coix seed and japonica rice into a pot, add 500 grams of water, and boil over high fire; Add lily, slow fire 1 hour, and add crystal sugar to dissolve.
6. Lotus and lily porridge
Lily has the functions of nourishing heart, calming nerves, invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney. It is best to cook porridge with lily and lotus seeds in this weather, which has the functions of nourishing and moistening the lungs, eliminating fatigue, moistening dryness and relieving cough. The combination of the two can not only help the body greatly, but also bring people a pleasant mood with the sweetness of sugar water. This kind of porridge can help digestion and clean up fat, which is suitable for both hot and cold.
Practice: Wash the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes, then take it out and drain it for later use. Soak lotus seeds and lilies in clear water until soft, and wash dried hawthorn. Boil a pot with a large fire, pour in rice, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add lotus seeds, hawthorn and lily, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add rock sugar to taste and serve in bowls.