Benefits of barley and red bean porridge
Coix seed and red bean porridge are porridge made of Coix seed and red bean. Coix seed can promote diuresis, strengthen the spleen, remove arthralgia, clear heat and expel pus. Red bean is also called red bean, which has good diuretic and detumescence effects and health-care effects on the spleen and stomach. Modern people should eat more foods that are healthy for the spleen and stomach because of excessive pressure and lack of exercise, and barley and red bean porridge is a good choice.
1, glutinous rice and red bean porridge to remove moisture: If people who are worried and overworked on weekdays and have little exercise, they often have no blood on their faces, are not energetic enough, and even have palpitations and drowsiness, and feel that their heads are heavy and their hearts are empty. This is a sign that the body is wet and the heart is weak. You can add some longan to the barley and red bean porridge and cook it together.
2, glutinous rice red bean porridge to soothe the nerves: young people are prone to irritability, insomnia, or rashes and acne on their faces, which are caused by excessive heart fire and damp heat. You can add lily or lotus seeds to glutinous rice red bean porridge, or both. Lily can moisten the lungs, nourish the skin, and clear the heart and calm the mind.
3, glutinous rice red bean porridge to relieve colds: If you catch a cold, or have cold in your body, cold pain in your stomach, poor appetite, you can add a few slices of ginger to glutinous rice red bean porridge. Ginger is warm, which can warm the middle warmer, dispel cold, strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach. Attention, don't put too much ginger, it will make the porridge spicy. If you want to add some seasoning to this porridge, you can only put brown sugar, which is also warm.
4, glutinous rice red bean porridge to treat cough: If you cough, you can also peel the raw pear and cut it into small pieces of1~ 2 cm square, add it to the glutinous rice red bean porridge and cook it together, which can moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm and quench thirst.
5, glutinous rice red bean porridge moistens the lungs and benefits qi: You can also put yam and pumpkin into glutinous rice red bean porridge. Yam is a sacred product for nourishing the spleen and stomach, and it can strengthen the kidney and solidify the essence, moisten the lungs and benefit qi. Pumpkin can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, diminish inflammation, relieve pain, kill insects and detoxify, which is a very good thing for protecting the pancreas and preventing diabetes.
Edible taboos of barley and red bean porridge
People with poor digestion ability should not eat barley red bean porridge: the sugar contained in barley is highly viscous, so eating too much may hinder digestion. People with weak digestion and absorption ability should try to eat less or not eat barley red bean porridge. Patients with hyperlipidemia should not eat barley red bean porridge: although barley has the function of lowering blood lipid and blood sugar, it is only a health food and cannot be used as medicine. Therefore, it is best for patients with hyperlipidemia to find a doctor for treatment, and never eat barley and red bean porridge for treatment. Menstrual women should not eat barley and red bean porridge, and deficiency-cold constitution is not suitable for long-term use, so women who are in menstrual period should avoid eating it. In addition, people with less sweat and constipation should not eat more barley and red bean porridge.
There are many benefits to eating glutinous rice and red bean porridge, but some people can't eat it. The glutinous rice and red bean porridge is not suitable for pregnant women, because it is a cold food, which is not conducive to the health of pregnant women, and menstrual women can't eat it. Eating glutinous rice and red bean porridge will lead to physical weakness. Some patients with hyperlipidemia are also not suitable for eating barley red bean porridge. Although barley has the effect of lowering blood pressure, it cannot be eaten as a medicine, and barley red bean porridge cannot be eaten every day.