Nutrition porridge, one of the coarse cereals recommended for nourishing blood and blood porridge, needs 50g of black beans, 50g of red beans, 50g of black rice and glutinous rice, 20g of peanuts and 20g of lotus seeds, 8g of red dates and a proper amount of medlar. The method is to soak the lotus seeds in clear water to remove the lotus plumule, then clean other ingredients, put them in a pot with the lotus seeds, add a proper amount of clear water and cook for one hour on medium fire. These are coarse cereals with high iron content.
It is recommended that the second kind of porridge, yam and jujube porridge, needs yam 1 root, jujube 10, 60 grams of rice and 40 grams of glutinous rice. The method is as follows: firstly, the yam is washed, peeled and cut into large pieces, then the rice and glutinous rice are washed separately, cold water is put in the pot, and the processed glutinous rice, rice, yam and jujube are put together to cook porridge. Boiled for about an hour, yam and jujube porridge has the function of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach.
Pumpkin millet porridge, the third kind of porridge for invigorating qi and blood, is recommended. The required ingredients are half a fresh pumpkin and millet 100g. The method is as follows: firstly, wash the millet, put it in a pot, add a proper amount of cold water, and cook it for half an hour on medium fire, during which the pumpkin is peeled, washed and cut into blocks of moderate size. After half an hour, add the pumpkin and stew until the pumpkin is soft and rotten. Pumpkin millet porridge has a good effect on invigorating qi and blood for women after induced labor.