Benefits of five-grain bean porridge

Porridge is the best food for replenishing qi and blood. There are countless variations of porridge. From ancient times to the present, from south to north, making porridge has become a culture. Five-bean porridge, as the name suggests, is made with beans and has existed since ancient times.

Ingredients: 100 grams of soybeans, 100 grams of red beans, 100 grams of black beans, 100 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of purple rice, a small amount of peanuts, coix seeds, millet, red dates, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: Soak soybeans, mung beans, black beans, red beans, peanuts and coix seeds in water overnight; rinse them, add purple rice, millet, red dates, and enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2-3 hours.

Nutritional Analysis:

Soybean: sweet in taste, neutral in nature. Enters the spleen, lung and large intestine meridians. Replenishes qi and strengthens the spleen, promotes qi circulation and relieves stagnation, nourishes blood and moistens dryness, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling.

Mung bean: sweet in taste, cool in nature. Enters the heart and stomach meridians. Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling, stimulates appetite and strengthens the spleen.

Black beans: sweet, neutral in nature. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians. Nourish yin and blood, promote blood circulation and diuresis, replenish deficiency and blacken hair, dispel wind and detoxify.

Red bean: sweet, sour, neutral in nature. Enters the spleen, liver, and bladder meridians. It can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, eliminate bloating and lumps, and strengthen the spleen and replenish blood. "Food Nature Materia Medica" believes that it "reduces edema and makes people thin after long-term consumption."

Purple rice: sweet, neutral in nature. Enters the kidney meridian. Nourishes yin and kidneys, strengthens the body and warms the stomach, improves eyesight and activates blood circulation, clears the liver and moistens the intestines; moisturizes and benefits essence, nourishes the lungs and relaxes the tendons.

Efficacy: It is a combination of cold and hot, neither too cold nor too dry, it can purge without hurting the spleen and stomach, and it can replenish without increasing blood stasis. Long-term consumption is a good product for health preservation.