Having moisture usually induces several conditions, such as obesity, bad breath, chronic pharyngitis, prostatitis, refractory eczema, chronic urticaria, arthritis, gynecological inflammation, athlete's foot, repeated cough, dizziness, insomnia, acne and so on. Early inception of manifestations, after several years, more than ten years of development, it invades the skin, spleen and stomach, kidneys, joint meridians, lungs ..... Eventually, various situations are induced.
As we all know, the best food to remove dampness is barley.
The dampness of barley has been documented as early as ancient times. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: barley can strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonify the lungs and clear the heat, and remove wind and moisture. "Shennong Materia Medica" lists it as the top product, which can cure wet paralysis, improve the stomach and intestines, reduce edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and take it for a long time.
Barley has a high nutritional value and is known as the 'king of the world's grasses.'
Barley can be eaten as a grain, the taste is similar to rice, and it is easy to digest and absorb, and it can be boiled porridge and soup. Summer and autumn and winter melon boiled soup, not only can be eaten with meals, but also can clear the heat and dampness.
Due to its rich nutrition, for patients with long-term illness and convalescence, the elderly, maternity and children are better medicinal foods and can be taken frequently. Whether it is used for tonic or therapeutic treatment, the effect is relatively mild, slightly cold without hurting the stomach, and beneficial to the spleen without being greasy. According to reports, the ingredient of barley, coix ester, not only has a tonic effect, but also is an anti-cancer agent, which can inhibit Ascites cancer cells and can be used for stomach cancer and cervical cancer.
The barisanol contained in the root of barley, in addition to the above-mentioned coix ester, also has the effect of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, antipyretic and repellent of roundworms, which is suitable for hypertension, urinary tract stones, urinary tract infections, ascariasis and so on.
But did you really pick the right barley?
Because the preparation methods are different, they are divided into raw coix kernels, stir-fried coix kernels and bran stir-fried coix kernels, and the effects are different.
1. Raw barley
It can be used when there is unfavorable urination, athlete's foot, and rheumatism. However, the medicinal properties of raw coix kernels are cool and should not be used for a long time.
2. Sauté barley
Stir-fried barley is to take the net barley and sauté it over low heat, remove it until it is slightly yellow and bulging, let it cool, slightly charred, slightly fragrant. Then, after drying, it is fried coix seeds. After frying, the medicinal properties of coix kernels are more peaceful, and its spleen strengthening effect and dampness effect are relatively good. People are less active, eat more, love to stay up late, eat fat and thick, and life pressure, easy spleen deficiency and wetness, dizziness, limbs are sour, thick tongue and other symptoms, at this time you can choose to eat fried coix kernels to strengthen the spleen and dampness.
3. Stir-fried coix kernels with bran
Stir-fry the drug with wheat bran, that is, bran stir-fried barley, after the pot is hot, sprinkle the wheat bran first, the dosage is one-tenth of the barley, heat to smoke, add net barley, fry until the surface is yellow and bulge, take it out, sift off the wheat bran and let it cool, slightly aromatic. This aroma is divided into stir-fried yellow, fried coke and fried charcoal according to the degree of stir-frying of traditional Chinese medicine. Stir-fried yellow refers to the degree of stir-frying over low heat to the inherent aroma of the medicinal herbs, or when it is bulging or bursting. Stir-fried yellow can alleviate the excessive bias of the medicine, and at the same time emit aroma, as well as the effect of rational qi and depressiveness.
On the one hand, the medicinal properties become peaceful, on the other hand, it also enhances the effect of strengthening the spleen. The spleen effect of bran stir-fried coix kernels is better than that of fried coix kernels. Therefore, if there is spleen deficiency, frequent diarrhea, eating less, and stomach distension, then you can use bran fried coix seeds, the effect will be better.
For example, some people are prone to diarrhea, know that barley can treat spleen deficiency and diarrhea, often boil barley soup to drink, but do not see the effect, this is because the raw barley used is cold, if you use fried barley to cook porridge or take a spoonful of tea to drink, the effect is very obvious. Bran stir-fried is more prominent than simply stir-fried barley.
Modern people have great mental stress, lack of heart, poor diet, little exercise, and spleen deficiency. It is necessary to remove dampness, but also to replenish the heart, but also to strengthen the spleen and stomach. Barley and red beans are ground into powders to make their active ingredients fully absorbed by the body, while not causing any burden on the spleen and stomach.
Red bean barley porridge Precautions
1, do not increase the rice
Boiled barley red beans should never be added to the rice and boiled together. Because rice grows in water, contains moisture, and is wet and viscous, it is thick as soon as it is boiled. Red beans and coix seeds are dehumidified and do not contain moisture themselves, so they are not thick no matter how they are boiled, and the soup is very clear. Chinese medicine precisely uses its clean nature to get rid of the wetness of the human body. Once the rice is added, it is equivalent to adding moisture, so the whole porridge is thick. Although the taste is better, just because of that handful of rice, all the red beans and coix kernels are wasted, and the effect is completely useless.
2, must be boiled
Barley and red beans are their own, and it takes a long time to cook. If it is not cooked, then the nutrition and medicinal properties can not come out, and naturally there is no dampness effect.
3. Choose red adzuki beans
Note that the red beans in Chinese medicine refer to the red adzuki beans, red beans are to nourish the heart, and the red adzuki beans have significant effects on dampness, water, swelling, and spleen and stomach.
Raw coix seeds are good to get wet, but the cold is too heavy, directly boiled to eat, will hurt the spleen, the spleen is responsible for transporting moisture, the spleen is injured, the moisture is more volatile, the more you want to get rid of the wet but the more wet. Raw barley has a stronger effect than cooked barley, and cooked barley has a stronger spleen effect than raw barley, which is good for the stomach and intestines, treating spleen deficiency and diarrhea, and is suitable for all physiques.
Many people will make the mistake of "light and dampness does not replenish the spleen", the spleen and moisture are "good friends", the spleen is weak, the humidity will be aggravated, and the heavy humidity will lead to spleen deficiency, so to get rid of dampness, you need to strengthen the spleen at the same time.
The correct way to open the red bean coix porridge
In a bracing pan, when the pot is cold, put in the coix kernels, and then stir-fry over low heat, be sure to pay attention to the heat, otherwise the effect is worse after frying. Coix seeds are best fried before cooking porridge. The fried coix kernel has a milder medicinal properties and a stronger dampness effect than raw coix kernel. When cooking porridge, soak the sautéed barley and red beans in warm water for two hours in advance, and if they are not soaked, cook for an extra hour.
(1) Soak the red adzuki beans and coix kernels in warm water for two hours in advance.
(2) Add enough water at one time and add an appropriate amount of coix seeds and red beans.
(3) After the first boiling of water, turn off the heat for half an hour.
(4) Then turn on the heat, bring to a boil and then turn off the heat for half an hour.
(6) Then, when out of the pan, you can eat it.
(Note: Don't secretly add sugar for the sake of taste, sugar can be a heavy carrier of moisture ~)