The best ratio of red bean and barley porridge is one to one. Coix seed is cold and should not be eaten alone for a long time. Using warm red beans will not burden the body. Red beans can nourish blood, and barley can dispel dampness and detoxify. The combination of the two can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, have the effect of diuresis and detumescence, and also help defecation, lose weight and moisturize the skin. It should be noted that the red bean mentioned in the glutinous rice porridge of Red Bean is actually the red bean mentioned by Chinese medicine. In terms of efficacy, red beans nourish the heart and red beans dehumidify; In shape, red beans are round and slender. When cooking this porridge, it is best not to add rice to the ingredients. This is because the main function of this recipe is to eliminate dampness, and adding rice will affect this effect, because rice is wet. When cooking this porridge, it is best not to add rice to the ingredients. This is because the main function of this recipe is to eliminate dampness, and adding rice will affect this effect, because rice is wet. ?

Specific practices:?

Ingredients: red beans, coix seed, water, rock sugar. Exercise 1. Prepare equal amounts of red beans and barley. After washing, red beans need to be soaked for about two or three hours, and barley can be soaked for one hour.

Then cook the red beans first, because it takes a long time. Add some cold water after boiling, and then add cold water after boiling, so that red beans are easy to bloom and cook, and are said to be more fragrant.

After the red beans are boiled and blossomed, add Coicis Semen. After the fire boils, turn to low heat and cook until it is thick, and then add rock sugar to taste.

The efficacy of red beans and barley

1. Qushi Coicis Semen and Chixiaodou Decoction is the best choice to treat damp-heat. After doctors prescribe prescriptions for patients in the outpatient department, they always ask some matters needing attention in diet and daily life, among which the most frequently asked is to go back and cook barley and red bean soup to make tea. If there is really no such condition, let him cook porridge, with barley and red beans as the staple food. Because moisture in the body is a common problem of modern people, barley and red bean soup is suitable for everyone.

2. Runchang laxative Red beans and coix seed contain more dietary fiber, and regular consumption can promote intestinal peristalsis, thus playing the role of Runchang laxative.

3, slimming Chinese medicine believes that obesity and edema indicate that there is moisture in the body. Water can't stay between human cells with the flow of qi and blood, which makes the human body expand rapidly. Edema is the same as obesity, but the degree is different. Drugs or foods with strong dehumidification function can remove these water trapped in the human body and reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema. Practice has proved that highland barley and red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect, which can not only lose weight but also be harmless to the body, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.