Dehumidification during the dog days

Summer is here, and due to the hot weather, many people will eat some cold drinks or iced fruits to cool off. This can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but it will cause moisture to accumulate in the body. With moisture, you will feel sticky in the hot summer, and your whole body will not feel refreshed, which makes you feel very uncomfortable. So these little methods to remove moisture in the dog days come in handy, come and try them.

1. Barley and red bean porridge

Ingredients: 200g coix seed, 100g red bean, 20g gorgon fruit, 10g wolfberry

practice:

① Remove impurities from barley and red beans, wash and soak for two hours

② Add appropriate amount of water to coix seed and red beans and boil over high heat, then add Euryale ferox and wolfberry and simmer for 30 minutes.

Note: In addition to coix seed and red beans, poria cocos, oats, winter melon, and watermelon rind can all help us remove dampness. If you have a lot of dampness, you might as well give it a try. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the smaller the coix seeds, the higher their medicinal value.

2. Pork stew with coix seed, tuckahoe, and cyperus root

Ingredients: appropriate amount of Poria cocos, 100 grams of coix seed, 80 grams of Imperata root, some red dates, 400 grams of lean pork, and 3 slices of ginger.

practice:

① Wash the ingredients separately. Soak coix seeds in clean water for one hour, cut the wild yam into pieces, cut the impetus root into sections, and remove the pits of red dates.

② Finally, put them together with ginger into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for 30 minutes, and add appropriate amount of salt.

Efficacy: Remove dampness and fatigue, clear away heat and detoxify.

3. Barley and yam porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams each of Chinese yam and coix seed, 15 grams of lotus seed meat, 10 dates, 50 grams of millet, and a little white sugar.

practice:

① Chop the yam into small pieces, remove the core of the lotus seeds, and pit the red dates.

② After washing clean, cook it with millet into porridge. After the porridge is cooked, add sugar and mix well.

Efficacy: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, nourishing the lungs and kidneys. It is suitable for people with symptoms such as indigestion diarrhea, loose stools, general weakness, palpitations and shortness of breath.