As the saying goes, "A year's plan starts in spring." The early spring season is an excellent time for health preservation. Moms, what should you eat in spring for the best health for your body? This article introduces several porridge recipes that are most suitable for spring health preservation.
Five-Grain Health Porridge
It is advisable to eat five-grain health porridge.
Recipe: Millet, corn, brown rice, buckwheat, barley, oats, sweet potatoes, black beans, fava beans, mung beans, peas, etc., supplemented with Job's tears, black rice, Euryale ferox, brown rice, red beans, red dates, longans, japonica rice, etc., and cooked together. It stimulates appetite, promotes digestion, and maintains the normal function of the nervous system.
It is advisable to eat pork liver porridge.
Recipe: 250g of japonica rice, 60g of pork liver, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Pork liver porridge has the effects of nourishing blood, improving eyesight, and nourishing the liver and strengthening the spleen. It is suitable for patients with anemia, dizziness, eye diseases, and liver diseases.
It is advisable to eat spinach porridge.
Recipe: 500g of spinach, 200g of japonica rice, 25g of lard, 5g of fine salt, 3g of MSG, 2g of pepper, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Spinach porridge has the effects of nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, astringing yin and moistening dryness, and relaxing the intestines. It is suitable for patients with chronic constipation, habitual constipation, hemorrhoid bleeding, dysuria, and dizziness caused by hypertension, especially the elderly.
It is advisable to eat red date porridge.
Recipe: 250g of japonica rice, 60 red dates, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Red date porridge has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is suitable for patients with anemia, chronic indigestion, neurasthenia, and insomnia.
White Radish and Beef Porridge
It is advisable to eat black rice and Codonopsis porridge.
Recipe: 15g each of Codonopsis and Poria cocos, 5g of ginger, 100g of black rice, 60g of rock sugar, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Black rice and Codonopsis porridge has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the eyes. It is suitable for patients with qi deficiency and weakness, and a weak spleen.
It is advisable to eat chrysanthemum porridge.
Recipe: 250g of japonica rice, 15g of dried Hangzhou white chrysanthemums, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Chrysanthemum porridge has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is suitable for patients with dizziness, eye diseases, hypertension, and skin sores and abscesses.
It is advisable to eat radish and japonica rice porridge.
Recipe: 250g of white radish, 100g of japonica rice, 8g of shredded ginger, 25g of lard, 3g of fine salt, and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Radish and japonica rice porridge has the effects of promoting digestion and regulating qi, relieving the middle and quenching thirst. It is suitable for patients with weak digestion due to a diet rich in vegetarian, fatty, and rich foods.
It is advisable to eat sesame porridge.
Recipe: 250g of japonica rice, 50g of sesame (steamed, sun-dried, and ground), and an appropriate amount of water, cooked together into a porridge. Sesame porridge has the effects of moistening the lungs and nourishing the liver, replenishing essence and promoting hair growth, and moistening the intestines to relieve constipation. It is suitable for patients with insufficient liver and kidney, premature graying of hair, hair loss, dry lung cough, and constipation.
Beef porridge
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