How to make Elsholtzia porridge

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Ingredients for Elsholtzia porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of japonica rice, 5 grams of Elsholtzia ciliata, and 50 grams of mung beans.

How to make Elsholtzia porridge

Preparation: Boil the Elsholtzia in water, filter out the residue and set aside. Wash the mung beans and cook them with the glutinous rice. When the porridge is almost cooked, add the Elsholtzia juice and boil it for one or two more times.

Dosage: Take 2-3 times a day, wait until it cools down, or eat while it is warm.

Effect: This porridge is suitable for patients who suffer from headache, fever, fear of cold without sweating, irritability, thirst, chest and abdominal bloating, lower abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea after feeling cold in summer or eating cold food. Mung bean can relieve heat and promote urination, clear away heat and detoxify, and the effect is better when it is aged; Elsholtzia odorifera can induce sweating and relieve heat, warm the stomach and regulate the middle, and is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine for treating various diseases in summer.

Note: It is forbidden for patients with superficial deficiency and excessive sweating.

The efficacy of Elsholtzia porridge

According to traditional Chinese medicine, Elsholtzia is pungent and slightly warm in nature, enters the lung and stomach meridians, and has the functions of sweating, dispelling heat and dampness, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. This product can dispel wind and cold and relieve the symptoms externally, dispel heat and dampness and harmonize the middle internally. It is warm in nature and dry, and sweating is not severe. Therefore, it is especially suitable for those who are affected by pathogens in summer and suffer from aversion to cold and fever, heavy head and headache, no sweat, chest tightness and abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Therefore, "Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "Doctors in the world use Elsholtzia as the first medicine for treating summer diseases. However, in summer, people who take a cool drink and drink cold water will cause the yang energy to be suppressed by the yin evil, and then suffer from headache, fever and aversion to cold, irritability and thirst, or vomiting or diarrhea, or cholera. This medicine should be used to promote yang energy, disperse water and harmonize the spleen...

Elsholtzia is a summer medicine for relieving exterior symptoms, just like ephedra is used in winter. People with qi deficiency should not take too much. Pharmacological studies have shown that this product has a sweating and antipyretic effect, and can stimulate the secretion of digestive glands and gastrointestinal motility. It can stimulate the renal blood vessels and cause congestion of the renal tubules, increase the filtration pressure, and show a diuretic effect. Therefore, eating porridge made from Elsholtzia in summer can prevent colds and increase appetite. So when Daiyu suffered from heatstroke in "Dream of Red Mansions", she ate this porridge.

Note:

1. This product has the disadvantage of consuming qi and damaging yin, and is not suitable for people with qi deficiency, yin deficiency, and superficial deficiency and excessive sweating;

2. According to traditional customs, taking this product hot can easily cause vomiting, so it is better to take it cold.