But we use different grains and beans in porridge, according to the appropriate body needs to match, more can play the best results.
Ancient Chinese medicine has "grains and cereals can support the five organs" records, and as early as in ancient times, folk have "a grain to make up for an organ," said. The so-called "five grains" mainly refers to millet, rice, wheat, soybeans, sorghum. Chinese medicine believes that the five grains can not only wrap the abdomen, or the five viscera therapeutic good ingredients.
A soybean heavy kidney
Black beans in soybeans is known as the "valley of the kidney", Chinese medicine believes that it has a strong kidney, detoxification, moisturizing effect, kidney deficiency, swelling has a good therapeutic effect.
Practice: soaked and made into soybean milk, or cook black bean porridge, once a day in the morning and evening.
Two, rice heavy moisturizing lung
Rice covers rice, purple rice, etc., in the emergence of lung heat, cough and other symptoms, has a very good nourishing Yin moisturizing effect.
Practice: simmer rice porridge over low heat until the rice soup is thick, only drink the rice soup without eating the rice grains, and take it at any time.
Three, millet heavy spleen
Millet is the first of the five grains, regular food can replenish the spleen and stomach. Millet for the weak spleen, can be said to be the top of the tonic, can fill in the gas, prolong life.
Practice: Boil a pot of millet porridge, use a spoon to skim out the essence of millet porridge on the upper layer - rice oil, drink on an empty stomach, there is a very good health effects of the spleen and stomach, every morning and evening can be taken.
Four, wheat heavy heart
Wheat is known as "the noble grain". Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, in addition to annoyance and dryness. The elimination of female menopausal syndrome, sweating and night sweating and irritability have therapeutic effects.
Practice: take whole wheat with skin and make porridge, or go to a Chinese medicine store and buy some floating wheat and boil water, take it in the morning, noon and night every day.
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Fifth, sorghum heavy liver
Sorghum and soybeans belong to the miscellaneous grains, but is an indispensable supporting role in the five grains, sorghum has a liver and stomach, astringent diarrhea effects, especially those who suffer from chronic diarrhea, continue to eat for a period of time, there will be a good effect.
Practice: the sorghum rice processed into flour after frying, with boiling water into a thin paste every morning and evening before meals.
And the nutritional value of red small beans is also very high, it contains more saponins, which can stimulate the intestinal tract. Therefore it has a good diuretic effect, can relieve alcohol, detoxification, heart disease and kidney disease, edema are beneficial. And it contains more dietary fiber, has a good laxative, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, regulating blood sugar, detoxification and anti-cancer, prevention of stones, bodybuilding and weight loss. Red small beans are rich in folic acid food. Maternity, lactating mothers eat more red small beans have the effect of lactation.
The most classic match is the red beans and barley porridge, red beans diuretic fat, barley tonic gas, heat and moisture. These two together for the modern urban population sub-health, the body of the moisture in the problem can play a very good role.
So if you choose red bean sorghum millet porridge no problem, but because sorghum rice and millet is easy to cook, and red bean particles are not easy to cook, so before simmering due to a separate red bean soak half a day or so, and then simmered together, then, cooked fast, and will not cause entrapment.