How long does it take to eat red bean and barley porridge to remove spleen dampness

Many people know that red bean and coix seed porridge made from them can help remove moisture from the body if consumed in large quantities. However, there are some precautions and taboos when eating red bean and barley porridge, and there are also some strict requirements on the selection of red beans and barley. Some people have questions: How long does it take to remove spleen dampness by eating red bean and barley porridge? This is mainly determined by the severity of the individual's dampness condition.

There are many ways to remove dampness, such as the common "red bean and barley porridge", but do you really understand them? The common way to make red bean and barley porridge is to boil red beans and barley with water, and then drink the soup and eat the beans. But in fact, there are four things wrong!

4 deadly sins of removing dampness, you must have committed them all

1Red Bean is wrong

The red beans in traditional Chinese medicine refer to adzuki beans. In terms of efficacy, red beans nourish the heart and adzuki beans remove dampness; in terms of shape, red beans are relatively round, while adzuki beans are long and slender.

2 Barley is wrong

Although coix seed is good for removing dampness, it is cold in nature. If you cook it and eat it directly, it will damage the spleen. The spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming dampness. If the spleen is damaged, dampness will be even more difficult to evaporate. The more you try to remove dampness, the damper you get.

Therefore, before eating, you can stir-fry the coix seed over high heat quickly, which has the effect of drying out dampness.

3. Wrong cooking method

Adzuki beans and coix seeds are difficult to cook, so it is best to soak them in warm water for two hours before cooking, otherwise the nutrients will be difficult to extract. If you don’t have time to soak them, you can simmer them for another half an hour.

4. “Just removing dampness without strengthening the spleen” is wrong

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says that the spleen and dampness are good friends, because "the spleen governs transportation and transformation." If the spleen is weak, dampness will worsen, and heavy dampness will lead to spleen deficiency. Therefore, in order to remove dampness, you also need to strengthen the spleen. Among the four deadly sins, the fourth one is particularly important!

Some people still have dampness after drinking red bean and barley porridge. The fundamental reason is that the dampness in their bodies is already very heavy, which has damaged their spleen, or they themselves have spleen deficiency and excessive dampness.

Learn to make Si Shen Soup

Strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, the more you drink, the healthier you will be

The "four gods" in Si Shen Soup, namely yam, lotus seeds, poria cocos, and water chestnut, all have the function of nourishing spleen yin and strengthening the stomach and intestines.

Later, coix seeds were gradually added to the Four Gods Soup, so now the general Four Gods Soup actually contains 5 kinds of medicinal materials. Some herbal medicine stores also count water chestnut and coix seeds as one, and prepare half the amount of each.

Si Shen Soup has a good regulating effect on indigestion, loss of appetite, diarrhea caused by weak spleen and stomach, as well as spleen deficiency, emaciation, and obesity caused by spleen dampness, and the price is acceptable to the general public.

The medicinal materials of Sishen Soup contain a lot of starch. If stewed alone, the taste is astringent. It is suitable to add protein to increase the lubrication:

For meat eaters, in addition to using pork tripe with the four gods, you can also add pork bones, pork small intestines, ribs, etc.; for vegetarians, you can add bean products to cook porridge or soup, which is easier to digest.

★ Pork Tripe Soup★

Ingredients: 10g Yunling (white poria); 15g dried yam; 15g lotus seeds; 15g coix seeds; 10g Euryale ferox; 4 scallions; half a pig stomach; 6 slices of ginger; 8 bowls of water, 1 bowl of rice wine; some flour; some oil; some vinegar; some salt

Method: Cut the pig's stomach along the upper and lower holes with scissors and flatten it, put it in the sink, pour in appropriate amount of flour, oil and vinegar, knead it repeatedly for about 5 minutes, rinse with clean water, and repeat once; scrape the inside and outside with a knife to remove dirt, and wash with water;

Boil a pot of water, add 3 slices of ginger, 2 scallions and half a bowl of rice wine, put in the pork belly after it boils, cook for 3-5 minutes until the pork belly becomes hard, remove it, cool it down and cut it into strips about 2 cm thick for later use; wash the yunling, yam, lotus seeds, coix seeds and gorgon seeds; wash the scallions and cut them into sections;

Boil water, add pork tripe, various herbs, ginger, onion and half a bowl of rice wine, cook over high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer over low heat for two hours, add salt to taste and serve.

Efficacy: Nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi, strengthens the stomach and stops diarrhea. Suitable for people with poor appetite, poor digestion and absorption, and prone to diarrhea. People who often suffer from constipation should not eat too much. Pregnant women should not eat it~