Barley and Red Bean Porridge

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100g barley

Barley Accessories

25g jujube (dried), 50g red bean, 10g agrimony

Raw materials and seasonings

30g white sugar Preparation method 1. Soak coix seed and red beans in warm water for half a day;

Finished product 2. Wrap the agrimony with gauze; 3. Remove the core of jujube and soak it; 4. Put the coix seeds, red beans, agrimony and jujube into the pot together; 5. Add water and cook into porridge, and finally sprinkle with sugar to taste.

Health Tips

1. Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and stops bleeding, and reduces the damage of drugs to the liver and the body's immune function; 2. Coix seed is sweet and light, slightly cold in nature, and can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, and eliminate heat; 3. Red beans are sweet and sour in nature, and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing blood and reducing swelling; 4. The herb of crane is bitter and flat in nature, and can detoxify and reduce swelling, and astringe and stop bleeding; 5. Jujube has the effect of preventing tumors and enhancing immune function. Therefore, if cancer patients eat jujube during chemotherapy, it can reduce the damage of drugs to the liver and the body's immune function; 6. This porridge is suitable for lung cancer patients. Food incompatibility Red bean: Carp and red beans are cooked together, both of which can promote diuresis and reduce swelling. They are very effective in treating edema caused by nephritis, but it is precisely because of the strong diuretic function that normal people should avoid eating them at the same time, and try to eat them a few hours apart. Whether they can be eaten together depends on different physical conditions.

Benefits of Barley and Red Bean Porridge

Barley and red bean porridge is the best medicine for treating dampness. Barley, called "Coix seed" in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as a top-grade medicine in Shennong's Herbal Classic. It can treat dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and lose weight and benefit qi if taken for a long time. Red beans, called "red adzuki beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious effects of diuresis, swelling, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Because it is red, red enters the heart, so it can also nourish the heart. Modern people have great mental stress, weak heart qi, unhealthy diet, little exercise, and spleen deficiency and dampness. To eliminate dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and red beans are the best. Boiling them into porridge is intended to make their effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.