The efficacy and function of Sishen Pork Liver Congee

The four herbs refer to Poria cocos, Chinese yam, lotus seeds (or Codonopsis pilosula) and Euryale ferox (or Coix seed). They are the best food supplements and can help regulate the immune system. They can strengthen the body, reduce swelling, promote diuresis and beautify the skin. They are suitable for people with weak intestinal function. They are also good for nursing mothers and those who have undergone surgery. Cooking them with millet, which is rich in starch and fiber, can also help digestion.

1. Job's tears contain 16.2% protein, 4.65% fat, 79.1% carbohydrates, vitamins, amino acids, coixol, coix fat, triterpenoids and starch, etc., with high nutritional value. Job's tears are cold in nature and enter the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, clearing away heat and penetrating temperature, and is also good for balancing blood pressure and blood lipids.

2. Lotus seeds are rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium, and have high nutritional value. They can nourish the mind, benefit the kidney, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and astringe the large intestine. They are mainly used to treat night dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability and thirst, back pain and weak legs, poor hearing and eyesight, spermatorrhea, stranguria, chronic dysentery, diarrhea, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, and loss of appetite due to stomach deficiency.

3. Gorgon fruit is extremely rich in carbohydrates, about 75.4%, and only 0.2% fat, so it is very easy to be absorbed by the human body. Especially in the hot summer season, the spleen and stomach function declines, and the function is still poor after the cool autumn. Giving this product in time can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, but also supplement nutrients. Stewing Gorgon fruit with lean meat is very beneficial to relieve neuralgia, headache, joint pain, back pain and other weak symptoms.

4. Poria contains 0.64%-1.06% protein, 0.35%-0.51% fat, in addition to lecithin, glucose, sterol, pachymic acid, histidine, choline, minerals, lipase, protease, tail-pachymannan and its decomposing enzyme, etc. There are many nutrients that are beneficial to the human body.