How to make red bean and barley porridge and its effects

The influence of seasons and environment causes many people to have serious humidity in their bodies. Once the body has too much humidity, it will get various diseases. Only by removing humidity can we prevent various diseases. There is a delicious dish in life that can remove humidity, that is - red bean and barley porridge.

How to make red bean and barley porridge

Ingredients

Job's tears, red beans, a small amount of red dates

Steps

1. Wash the coix seeds and red beans and soak them in advance (more than five hours, ten hours is better);

2. Put the soaked barley and red beans into the pot and bring to a boil over high heat;

3. Wash the red dates and set aside;

4. After the soup boils, add red dates;

5. Turn to medium-low heat and simmer until the red beans are slightly bloomed and soft.

The efficacy of barley and red beans

Job's tears, called "Coix seed" in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as a top-grade product in "Shennong Bencao Jing". It can cure dampness and arthritis, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and long-term use can make the body lighter and benefit the qi.

Red beans, called "adzuki beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic, anti-edema, and spleen and stomach strengthening effects. Because it is red, and red enters the heart, it can also nourish the heart.

Modern people have great mental stress, weak heart, irregular diet, little exercise, and spleen deficiency and dampness. To remove dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and red beans are the best choice. Boiling them into porridge is intended to make their effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.

The "de-swelling" effect of coix seed and red bean does not only refer to edema, but also obesity. In traditional Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that there is moisture in the body. Water cannot flow with the blood and qi, and is retained between the cells of the human body, causing the body to swell rapidly. This is true for edema and obesity, but the degree of dehumidification varies. Drugs or foods with strong dehumidifying properties can remove the water retained in the human body and reduce swelling.

Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proved that barley and red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect. It can lose weight without hurting the body, especially for obese middle-aged and elderly people.

Tips and tricks for making barley and red bean porridge

Job's tears and red beans are very hard, so putting them in the pot to cook porridge will not be cooked for about an hour, which is a waste of fire (electricity). Sometimes it is likely to boil the water dry and cause a mushy bottom. Here are two methods recommended for everyone:

1. Add enough water to the pot, turn off the heat after boiling, and let the barley and red beans simmer for half an hour; then turn on the heat again, boil, and simmer for another half an hour, and the red bean porridge is cooked.

2. Use a thermos, put the coix seed and red beans in it, then pour in boiling water, plug the bottle tightly and let it simmer. Do this every night and eat porridge in the morning.

The advantage of barley and red bean porridge is that it will not become sticky or thick no matter how long it is cooked. The bottom is always the rotten red beans and barley, and the top is the light red soup. Most of the effective ingredients of barley and red beans are in the soup. When cooking porridge, add more water, and the soup can be drunk as tea. If it is summer, it is best to drink it in the morning, otherwise it will often go bad in the afternoon.