How to make yam and barley porridge

How to make yam and barley porridge

How to make Chinese yam and barley porridge? I believe there are still many friends who don’t know this knowledge, so let me give you a detailed introduction below.

Chinese Yam and Barley Porridge

The recipe was given to me by an old Chinese doctor, who said that her family often drank this porridge. She always said that my tongue was enlarged and I needed to eat more spleen-strengthening foods, such as coix seed, yam, lily, etc. The method is also very simple. Because most of the ingredients used can be used as medicine, this porridge has the effect of food therapy, which can strengthen the spleen and nourish the skin.

Ingredients for yam and barley porridge

Chinese yam (half a root), coix seed (a handful), fresh lily, a little lotus seed (with core), 5 red dates, a little wolfberry, red bean (I put it myself, it’s not in the Chinese medicine recipe)

How to make Chinese yam and barley porridge

1 Peel the yam, wash it, and cut it into small pieces. Wash the other ingredients, but do not remove the lotus core from the lotus seeds.

2 Blanch the fresh lilies in boiling water and set aside.

3 Put all the ingredients except fresh lilies into the pot, add 8 bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for two hours. Add the blanched lilies when it is almost time to serve.

Tips:

Before peeling the yam, you can roast it over the fire so that your hands won’t be itchy when peeling it.

Lilies ripen easily, so they should be added last.

Use less wolfberry as it can cause getting inflamed easily.

The effects of various main ingredients (transferred):

Yam, also known as yam, has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, benefiting the lungs and nourishing the kidneys, and has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes.

Wolfberry, one of the five treasures of Ningxia, is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It can nourish the liver and kidneys and improve eyesight.

Job's tears strengthens the spleen and removes dampness, clears away heat and nourishes the lungs.

Lotus seeds are sweet and astringent in taste, and are neutral in nature. They enter the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians, and have the effects of nourishing the heart, benefiting the kidneys, and tonifying the spleen.

Lily nourishes yin and the lungs, clears the heart and soothes the mind.

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