The "detumescence" effect of coix seed and red bean is also very interesting. We must not think that swelling is edema. Look at people nowadays. At least 5-6 people in 10 are fat and swollen, which is called bloated. In Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that the body is wet. Water can't flow with qi and blood and stay between human cells, which makes the human body expand rapidly. So is edema, so is obesity, but the degree is deep and shallow. Drugs or foods with strong dampness-removing properties can discharge these residual water in the human body, and can also reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proved that barley red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect, which can not only lose weight, but also does not hurt the body, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.
If you cough, you can also peel and core the raw pear and cut it into small pieces 1 ~ 2 cm square. Add it to glutinous rice and red bean porridge and cook it together, which can moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and quench thirst.