Barley, known as "coix kernel" in Chinese medicine, is listed as top grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It can cure dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and lighten the body after long-term use. Replenish qi.
Adzuki bean is red and is red in the heart, so it can also replenish the heart and nourish blood. Ancient books record that it “makes people lose weight if taken for a long time”, which means that eating adzuki beans regularly can also help lose weight. It also has obvious effects of diuresis, reducing swelling, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Modern people suffer from high mental stress, weak heart and Qi, irregular diet, little exercise, and excessive spleen and dampness. Not only to remove dampness, but also to replenish the heart, and to strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and adzuki beans are the best. Boiling it into porridge is intended to allow the active ingredients to be fully absorbed by the body without causing much burden on the spleen and stomach. Summer happens to be a time of continuous heat, with internal and external dampness. Using these two herbs can just play a role in nourishing blood and removing dampness.
It is also very interesting about the "swelling" effect of barley and adzuki beans. We must not think that swelling means edema. At least five or six of the ten people around you are fat. This is also called bloated body. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, whether it is obesity or edema, it means that there is moisture in the body. The water cannot flow with the qi and blood and stays between the body cells, causing the body to expand rapidly.
The same is true for edema and obesity, but the degree is different. Drugs or foods with strong dehumidification properties can remove the water trapped in the human body and reduce swelling. Therefore, adzuki beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proven that barley and adzuki bean porridge has a good weight loss effect. It can lose weight without harming the body. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people with obesity, the effect is particularly good.
Adzuki beans and barley are both dehumidified and do not contain moisture, so they are not thick no matter how you cook them, and the soup is very clear. Traditional Chinese medicine takes advantage of its clearing properties to remove dampness from the human body. Once rice is added, moisture is added, so the entire porridge becomes thicker.
Although the taste is better, it is not a good thing for health. Just because of that handful of rice, all the adzuki beans and barley are in vain and have no effect.
The above article introduces to you the effects and value of the barley, adzuki bean and longan porridge. In fact, the method is very simple. Barley can replenish qi, blood and nourish the body. It can not only nourish the body but also nourish the body. It can regulate qi and blood, prevent and treat various diseases, and prevent excessive moisture from affecting the body