For coix seed, people who often eat it must understand its efficacy. In addition, we must be clear about the precautions for eating coix seed in order to better enjoy the benefits brought by coix seed.
First, the four functions of coix seed
First of all, the most widely known effect of coix seed is the effect of eliminating dampness. Too much moisture in the body can cause many uncomfortable symptoms, such as frequent fatigue, acne, and people with too much moisture are prone to edema. At this time, you may be able to eat barley to get rid of dampness. Coix seed can eliminate excess water in the human body and achieve the effect of detumescence, and it is best to cook Coix seed with adzuki bean, and the effect of detumescence and slimming will be strengthened if they are added together. If you insist on drinking porridge cooked with barley and red beans for breakfast and pay attention to your daily diet, the swelling effect will be more obvious, and you can also achieve a certain degree of weight loss effect for obese people.
Secondly, coix seed can improve the symptoms of constipation. Especially constipation caused by spleen deficiency and intestinal obstruction, eating coix seed has certain curative effect. Coix seed contains a lot of crude fiber, which helps to promote intestinal peristalsis and help defecation.
Thirdly, Job's tears have the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach. In particular, using barley and red beans to make soup can not only dispel dampness and strengthen the spleen and stomach, but also induce diuresis and reduce swelling. It is a good health porridge. Nowadays, many people are prone to spleen and stomach problems due to sedentary work, lack of exercise and careless diet. So they can usually cook more red bean and barley porridge to nourish the spleen and stomach.
Finally, most women like to eat coix seed, because it has a certain beauty and health care function. Chinese medicine believes that eating porridge cooked with barley often has a certain good effect on the skin. This is also the benefit of whole grains relative to the body. It is also very beneficial to eat coarse grains such as coix seed and absorb rich trace elements and nutrients.
Of course, although coix seed has so many functions, there are still many things to pay attention to in the process of eating.
Second, the precautions for eating coix seed
First, because from the perspective of Chinese medicine, job's tears are cool food, and people with deficiency-cold constitution should not eat job's tears for a long time, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of deficiency-cold.
Second, during pregnancy, it is best not to eat barley often. Because Chinese medicine believes that job's tears are a kind of thing that harms the fetus, job's tears will have an exciting effect on uterine smooth muscle, leading to uterine contraction and easy abortion. Moreover, Job's tears have diuretic effect, which will cause pregnant women to discharge more water, resulting in a decrease in amniotic fluid volume.
Third, although Coix seed has many benefits, it is not suitable for eating too much at one time, because the sugar contained in Coix seed is very sticky. Eating too much coix seed will affect digestion and lead to indigestion. Therefore, although coix seed is good, don't be greedy.
References:
1. LinYu's whole grains are also "medicinal", science and technology vision, science &; Science and technology vision, 20 1 1 08.
2. Jiang Zhongping, "Good Partner of TCM", rural insider, 20 17, 15.
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