Barley, Red Bean and Lily Congee
by Xiaoqiang
Favorite
Difficulty
Easy
Time
2h
Serving
2
Coix is called "Coix Seed" in Chinese medicine. It is listed as the top grade in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It can cure dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, reduce edema, invigorate the spleen and stomach. Red bean, called "chixiaodou" in Chinese medicine, also has obvious effects of hydration, swelling, and invigorating the spleen and stomach. Because it is red, it enters the heart, so it can also nourish the heart. Modern people are under great mental pressure, heart-qi deficiency, irregular diet, little exercise, and spleen deficiency and dampness. It is not only to eliminate dampness, but also to invigorate the heart, but also to invigorate the spleen and stomach, not just barley and red beans. Boiled into porridge is intended to make the effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body without causing any burden on the spleen and stomach.
