Red beans and coix seed have the effect of eliminating dampness, which can remove moisture in the body, help reduce swelling, detoxify and discharge pus, and are very suitable for people with heavy humidity in summer. It can be eaten as a meal and is a good product for eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen.
Although it is good to pay attention to glutinous rice and red bean porridge in life, it is still a health soup, so it cannot be used as daily necessities such as millet porridge. You must not take too much in normal life, otherwise it will not be good for your health, but may lead to diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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Common sense of drinking highland barley and red bean water;
1, the efficacy of barley and red bean porridge
Coix lachryma-jobi seed, called "Coix lachryma-jobi seed" in Chinese medicine, is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. It can eliminate dampness and benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach, and can strengthen the body and replenish qi if taken for a long time. Red beans, known as "adzuki beans" in Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic and detumescence effects and spleen and stomach strengthening effects. Because they are red, they can nourish the heart. Modern people have great mental stress, lack of heart-qi, improper diet, little exercise, spleen deficiency and dampness.
To eliminate dampness, nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and red beans are the only ones. Boiling it into porridge is intended to make its effective components fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.
The "detumescence" effect of coix seed and red bean refers not only to edema, but also to obesity. In Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that the body is wet. Water can't flow with qi and blood and stay between human cells, which makes the human body expand rapidly. So is edema, so is obesity, but the degree is deep and shallow.
Drugs or foods with strong dampness-removing properties can discharge these residual water in the human body, and can also reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proved that barley red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect, which can not only lose weight, but also does not hurt the body, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.
Don't drink barley and red beans every day.
You can drink it, but you must pay attention to the right amount. It is best to control the amount of 250ml~300ml per day. This amount is most beneficial to the body and will not damage the spleen and stomach. When you eat highland barley and red bean porridge every day, you can add some japonica rice and cook it together, which can better achieve the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, relieving summer heat and reducing swelling.
Coix seed and red beans are both good diuretic foods. When they are mixed together, they are very suitable for taking in summer. It can not only eliminate edema, but also whiten skin. For women, it is a good beauty product.
Although glutinous rice and red bean porridge is good, it is still a health soup and cannot be used as a daily necessity such as millet porridge. You must not overdo it in your daily life, otherwise it is not conducive to your health. On the contrary, diarrhea and abdominal pain may occur.
If you want to have the best effect, you must choose the right time. Experts tell us that after breakfast and before lunch every day, these two periods are the best time to drink this drink and can achieve the best results.
This is mainly because between 9~ 1 1 in the morning, it is the time for the spleen and stomach to start a day's work, so drinking some foods that can protect the spleen and stomach well will play a very good role in promoting work efficiency and protecting the spleen and stomach.
So eating these foods at this time is the best for the body, and the body will absorb them more easily. If you drink them at the wrong time, not only can you not protect your body well, but it is easy to do more harm to your body.
3, glutinous rice red bean porridge pays attention to
Coix seed is hard, and so are red beans. So if you cook porridge in a pot, it won't rot in an hour or so, wasting fire (electricity), and sometimes it is very likely that the water will dry up, causing the bottom to paste.
One advantage of glutinous rice red bean porridge is that it won't be sticky. Red beans and glutinous rice will always rot at the bottom, and the red soup will be on it. Most of the effective ingredients of glutinous rice and red beans are in the soup. Put more water when cooking porridge. These soups can be used as tea.
Red bean barley porridge benefits:
1, Coix seed contains various vitamins and minerals, which can promote metabolism and reduce the burden on the stomach, and can be used as a tonic food for weak patients during or after illness;
2. Regular consumption of coix seed is also effective for chronic enteritis and dyspepsia. Coix seed can enhance renal function and has the effect of clearing heat and diuresis, so it is also effective for edema patients.
3. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that Coix lachryma-jobi seed has anti-cancer effect, and its anti-cancer effective components include selenium, which can effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and can be used for adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer and cervical cancer;
4, healthy people often eat barley, which can make the body agile and reduce the occurrence of tumors;
Coix seed contains a certain amount of vitamin E, which is a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and spots, improve skin color, and have a certain therapeutic effect on warts caused by virus infection.
6. Coix seed is rich in vitamin B, which is very beneficial to prevent beriberi.
People's Network-Drinking highland barley and red bean porridge has many benefits, but you can't drink it every day.
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