How long does it take for red bean and coix seed to take effect?

Red beans and coix seed have a good effect on conditioning the body, especially in removing dampness and swelling.

How long should I eat barley and red beans to remove dampness ?

This really depends on the individual. How severe is the dampness in your body? How well does your body absorb it? Are you also doing other methods to remove dampness at the same time, such as exercise, moxibustion, cupping, etc.? These factors will affect the effectiveness of diet therapy.

However, generally speaking, it is recommended to try drinking it for one month. If there is no effect after one month, you need to check whether you really have heavy dampness, or whether you have other diseases at the same time.

Not all people with "heavy dampness" can drink barley and red bean porridge

There are many types of dampness. If you have spleen deficiency and dampness, it is best not to drink barley and red bean porridge. The typical symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness are: excessive vaginal discharge that is white or light yellow in color, thick and tasteless, and continuous; sallow complexion; cold limbs; fatigue; swelling of the soles of the feet; pale tongue; white or greasy tongue coating; and a slow and weak pulse.

The principle of regulating spleen deficiency and dampness should be to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. Although red beans are neutral in nature, coix seed is cold in nature. Eating it for a long time will damage the spleen. If you have a weak and cold constitution, eating this will make the condition worse.

In fact, many girls nowadays suffer from cold and weak spleen, because they like to eat cold food and sweets, wear shorts and skirts, use air conditioning for a long time, eat greasy food, and overeat. These habits can easily make girls develop a cold and weak spleen constitution. There are herbal tea advertisements everywhere on TV and barley and red bean porridge everywhere on the Internet, but they are really not suitable for modern girls.

The best way to treat heavy dampness is to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Foods like water chestnut, yam, and longan can strengthen the spleen, especially water chestnut, which has the best effect in strengthening the spleen. You can add water chestnut to coix seed and red beans, and it is best to stir-fry the coix seed in advance to change its cold nature. Take a handful of water chestnuts, coix seeds and red beans, boil them in water and drink it, the effect is very good.

Since barley and red beans are not easy to cook, it takes at least one or two hours. If you don't want to cook them, you can also buy some water chestnut and coix seed tea. I have drunk Yi Shutang's coix seed tea before. The recipe has these ingredients, and it also adds ingredients such as light bamboo leaves and purslane, which is also pretty good.

A reminder : When is the best time to drink

From 9 to 11 in the morning is the time when the spleen and stomach work. Drinking some Gorgon fruit and coix seed tea at this time can promote the working efficiency of the spleen and stomach, protect the spleen and stomach, and improve absorption. Don't forget