2, frequent urination. Red beans, known as "adzuki beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, have obvious water-benefiting effects. Therefore, people who have frequent urination are not suitable for eating red beans and coix seed, so as to avoid increasing the number of urination after eating.
It is worth noting that although there are many effects of red bean coix seed, it is not a good thing to eat it for a long time. Because red beans and coix seed are both diuretic and swelling-reducing, long-term consumption can cause the human body to lose too much water. Therefore, if there is pathogenic dampness in the body, it is not appropriate to eat red beans and coix seed regularly. In addition, because of the high viscosity of sugar contained in coix seed, it should not be eaten too much or for a long time, otherwise it will affect digestion.
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Efficacy and function of red bean and barley porridge;
1, dampness key spleen and stomach.
Coix seed can treat the body's dampness and is beneficial to the stomach. It can eliminate edema, strengthen spleen and benefit stomach. If you eat it regularly, you will feel light and beneficial. If it is red, it is called adzuki bean in traditional Chinese medicine, and it also has obvious effects of eliminating edema and strengthening the spleen and stomach. And it is red, red into the heart, so it can also fill the heart. Boiling barley and red beans into porridge is intended to make its effective components fully absorbed by the human body, and at the same time it will not burden the spleen and stomach.
2, reduce swelling and lose weight.
In the view of Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that the body is wet. Water can't flow with qi and blood, and it stays 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 get rid of these stagnant water in the human body, which can also reduce swelling. Therefore, the treatment of edema must use red beans, and practice has proved that barley red bean porridge has a good swelling and weight loss effect, which can not only reduce swelling and lose weight, but also does not hurt the body, especially for middle-aged and obese people, and the curative effect is particularly remarkable.
3. Relieve constipation.
Because the spleen and stomach are weak and wet, the moisture stays in the intestines and stomach. It will lead to conduction obstruction of large intestine and constipation. The main manifestations are difficulty in defecation and abdominal pain. Feeling sleepy and weak, anal burning and other phenomena. At this time, you can eat food that can strengthen the spleen and eliminate moisture. For treatment. Red beans are flat and sweet, which is beneficial to water, dehumidification, spleen and detoxification. Coix seed is slightly cold and sweet, which can strengthen the spleen, ooze dampness, stop diarrhea and expel pus. Both of them contain a lot of cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and help defecation.
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