Porridge, also known as "mi" in ancient Chinese medicine, means that the rice has been cooked and turned into mince. The history of porridge was first seen in "Book of Zhou": Huangdi began to cook grains for porridge.

Porridge has been a kind of diet used by Chinese medicine to treat diseases and maintain health since ancient times. At first, it was based on the "Five Grains Nourish the Five Internal Organs" as stated in the "Huangdi Neijing". According to the patient's condition, medicinal materials or fruits and vegetables are added to the porridge to cook it into a health-preserving porridge. Firstly, it can achieve the therapeutic effect, and secondly, it can strengthen the body and achieve the health-preserving effect. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, a society with numerous beauties attached great importance to beauty and beauty, so fruit and vegetable porridge and flower porridge appeared.

Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty wrote a note saying: When I was very hungry at night, Wu Ziye advised me to eat white porridge, which can promote the metabolism of the old and promote the new, relieve the diaphragm and benefit the stomach. The porridge is delicious quickly, and the sleep after the porridge is indescribably wonderful. In the south, porridge is often cooked in the afternoon to satisfy hunger, or eaten as a midnight snack in the evening.

Many doctors now advocate not eating late-night snacks at night, because late-night snacks deprive the spleen and stomach of rest, damage gastric function and even lead to gastric cancer. But for late-night snackers in some parts of the South, this statement is too alarmist. In western and southern Guangdong, there is still the habit of drinking porridge as a late-night snack, and people do not have stomach diseases. Local Chinese medicine practitioners also found the reasons: First, porridge is easy to digest, but the porridge cooked in the south is relatively light. Sticky rice has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, and the midnight snack time is generally 9 o'clock, so there is enough time for the porridge to be digested.

There are many allusions to treating diseases with porridge, such as the famous doctor Cang Gong of the Western Han Dynasty cooking "Huo Qi porridge" to treat the king of Qi; Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases": "Guizhi Decoction, after taking it, After a while, sip more than one liter of hot porridge to enhance the efficacy of the medicine. "Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that cold food porridge, cooked with almonds and various flowers, can ventilate the qi and blood, cure coughs and regulate the heart... In addition to the famous There are allusions about using porridge to maintain health, and most of the health-preserving porridge recipes are also recorded in medical books handed down through history.

Health-preserving porridge can cure diseases without damaging the body's vitality. While nourishing, it can also replenish water for the body. The porridge is soft and suitable for young, old and toothless people. At the same time, under the gentle cooking of the porridge, the medicinal substances can be dispersed and dissolved into the porridge, and can be absorbed by the human body. Porridge with different Chinese medicinal materials has different effects. For example, cooking porridge with angelica, wolfberry, and red dates can promote blood circulation; cooking porridge with flowers, vegetables and other foods rich in fiber and vitamins can beautify the skin and clear the air. The effect of lowering qi;

When the weather is dry in winter, a beauty and hydration meal is better than a bowl of health porridge. In line with the current health theme of the season of dryness and blood loss, Mingsheng Heart Sutra introduces a meal suitable for men, women, old and young. Lily, Tremella and Wolfberry Porridge.

Ingredients: 150 grams of rice, 15 grams each of lily and tremella, 5 grams of wolfberry;

Method: soak the rice in cold water for half an hour, wash the tremella and lily, soak in water for 20 minutes and reserve the water for later use ; Put the rice and Tremella lily in water. The amount of water depends on your personal preference for the consistency of the porridge. Decide whether to add water or not. Boil over high heat until the rice rolls, then pour in the Tremella lily. Turn to medium heat and cook until the rice is soft. Turn off the heat while the porridge is slightly simmering. Pour in the wolfberries, cover the pot and simmer for ten minutes before serving. You can add an appropriate amount of honey according to personal preference.

Efficacy: Beautify and nourish the skin, nourish yin and hydrate, activate blood circulation and qi, clear away heat.

What is similar to porridge meal is the whole grain powder, which is finely ground and blended with nutrients in water. It can also replenish moisture and nourish the skin!

What can you eat in winter to nourish yourself without getting angry? Whole grain powder, with just the right nutrition - Mingsheng Heart Meridian Red Bean, Barley and Poria Powder, nourishes the skin and maintains health easily!

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