Chinese medicine believes that "moisture" is the key to cause and aggravate diseases. After Grain Rain, the humidity gradually increased, which easily invaded the human body, resulting in poor appetite, physical weakness, gastrointestinal damp heat and so on. Especially the spleen of human body, we should pay more attention to prevent the invasion of moisture.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow", which is based on transport and transformation. The whole grains that people eat must be transformed into fine substances through the transportation of the spleen, and its energy will be transferred to the whole body through our upper jiao (heart and lung), and then the remaining water will be metabolized and excreted through the lower jiao (kidney and bladder). This is the process of metabolism, which is transportation.
However, if there is something wrong with the spleen, it will bring symptoms such as spleen deficiency and weakened spleen function, and it will not be able to metabolize water well. At this time, water will stay somewhere in the body, causing diseases, so it is very important to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. In view of this, professional Chinese medicine practitioners recommend a porridge with a long history-Red Bean glutinous rice porridge.
Method for making red bean and coix seed porridge
Ingredients: red beans, coix seed, water, rock sugar.
Steps:
1, prepare the same amount of red beans and coix seed, which need to be soaked in advance before cooking. Generally, red beans are soaked for 2-3 hours, and coix seed is soaked 1 hour.
2. Put the soaked red beans into the pot. After boiling, add some cold water to the pot. After boiling, add cold water. It is said that red beans are easy to cook and taste better.
3. After the red beans are boiled and blossomed, put the glutinous rice into the pot and continue to cook on the fire.
4. After the fire boils, turn to low heat and cook until it is thick. Add rock sugar to taste and serve.
Red bean and barley porridge belongs to the homologous prescription of medicine and food, and medicine and food are homologous. Suitable for humid weather, it is the first choice for strengthening the spleen and stomach and removing moisture. Red bean and coix seed porridge has good effects of eliminating dampness and removing toxin, reducing weight and strengthening spleen, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, and also has effects on obesity with edema in the lower body, as well as lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat, removing edema, regulating blood sugar, detoxifying and resisting cancer.
Taboos for taking red bean and barley porridge
Too much red bean and barley porridge is not suitable for the stomach, especially for people taking it on an empty stomach. Because coix seed is cold, people with deficiency-cold constitution must eat it quickly. At the same time, taking glutinous rice and red bean porridge should be taken after breakfast and before lunch, during which the spleen and stomach have already started a day's work. Eating food that tonifies the spleen and stomach has a multiplier effect.
When making red bean and barley porridge, it is best not to add rice to the ingredients. This is because the main function of red bean barley porridge is to eliminate dampness, and adding rice will affect this function, because rice itself belongs to eliminating dampness. If adding rice will make porridge cooler and easily affect health.
In addition, pregnant women are advised not to take red bean glutinous rice porridge during pregnancy. This is because glutinous rice has a certain role in protecting the fetus, and pregnant women need to protect the fetus after taking it, which is not good for the fetus and pregnant women, so it is not recommended to take it during pregnancy.
Not suitable for people who eat red bean and barley porridge.
1, patients with less sweating and constipation had better not take a large amount of this prescription, otherwise it is easy to aggravate the condition;
2. The sugar contained in glutinous rice is sticky, and it is easy to indigestion if you eat too much. Therefore, it is recommended that people with poor digestive system or weak digestive ability eat less or not;
3. Coix seed can reduce blood lipid and blood sugar to some extent, but it can't replace drugs. If you have hyperlipidemia, it is recommended to go to the hospital immediately and follow the doctor's advice instead of eating glutinous rice and red bean porridge yourself, which is not good for your health;
4, coix seed is cold, which may make the body cold 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.