Can red bean and coix seed be used to make tea?

Red bean and coix seed are well-known dehumidifying medicines, and there are many ways to eat them. The most common way to eat red bean and coix seed is to mix the two together and grind them into powder. For people who live in humid areas for a long time, in order to reduce the diseases caused by moisture, they should eat more red beans and coix seed to remove moisture from their bodies. But can red bean and coix seed be directly soaked in water and drunk?

Red beans and coix seeds cannot be put directly in a cup to make tea, because both need to be cooked before eating.

Red beans can be cooked into porridge with coix seed. Its main effect is to remove dampness and can remove moisture from the body. It is very suitable for consumption in summer and for people with heavy moisture in the body. It can be eaten as a meal and is an excellent product for removing dampness and strengthening the spleen.

Red bean: 100.0g; Job's tears 50.0g; drinking water 1500.0g.

step

1. Wash the red beans and coix seeds, put them in a pot and soak them in clean water for more than 4 hours.

2. After soaking, turn on the fire and cook. First, cook on high heat until the water boils, then turn to low heat.

3. Add rock sugar 20 minutes before cooking and continue to cook until the rock sugar melts and then turn off the heat.

Notice

There is no need to soak the beans. Just wash them and put them in a pressure cooker. After the water starts to boil, just cook them for 20 minutes. Drink the soup as water and eat the beans as a staple food or a side dish. This amount is the amount that one person can eat in one day.

Can I drink red bean and barley tea when I am pregnant?

Pregnant women cannot drink barley and red bean tea. The main effect of coix seed and red bean is to remove dampness. It can remove moisture from the body. It is very suitable for consumption in summer and for people with heavy moisture in the body. It can be eaten as a meal and is an excellent product for removing dampness and strengthening the spleen. But whether coix seed is good or not depends on who eats it. Coix seed is a kind of food and medicine, and Chinese medicine believes that it has a smooth and slippery texture.

Pharmacological experiments have shown that coix seed has an excitatory effect on uterine smooth muscle, which can promote uterine contraction and thus may induce miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant women should not eat coix seed. Some Chinese medicine literature also records that coix seed has certain effects on pregnant women, so it is not suitable to be consumed.