Can a postpartum woman drink barley and red bean porridge?

Many mothers are very weak after giving birth, so most people will give them high-protein foods such as pig trotter soup or chicken soup at this time. But in fact, mothers can also drink some barley and red bean porridge in the process of conditioning their bodies. Most people do not know about this knowledge, so mothers may miss this kind of food, which will cause your body to absorb less of a nutrient, which is a loss for your body.

The benefits of barley and red bean soup are really extraordinary. Job's tears, called "Coix seed" in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as a top-grade medicine in "Shennong's Herbal Classic". It can cure dampness and arthritis, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and long-term use can make the body lighter and benefit the qi.

Red beans, called "adzuki beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic, anti-edema, and spleen and stomach strengthening effects. Because it is red, and red enters the heart, it can also nourish the heart.

Modern people are under great mental stress and have weak heart qi; they have irregular diets, little exercise, and weak spleen and excessive dampness. If you want to remove dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, then coix seed and red beans are the best choice. Boiling it into porridge is intended to allow its effective ingredients to be fully absorbed by the human body while not causing much burden to the spleen and stomach.

The "de-swelling" effect of coix seed and red bean is also very interesting. We must not think that swelling is edema. Look at people today, at least five or six out of ten are overweight, which is also swelling, called obesity.

In traditional Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that there is dampness in the body. The water cannot flow with the blood and is retained between body cells, causing the body to swell rapidly. The same is true for edema and obesity, the only difference is the degree.

Drugs or foods with strong dehumidifying properties can remove the water retained in the human body and reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema. Practice has proved that barley and red bean soup has good weight-loss effects. It can lose weight without hurting the body. Especially for obesity in middle-aged and elderly people, the effect is particularly good.

After reading the editor’s explanation, now you know that it is very beneficial for postpartum women to drink barley and red bean porridge! Then you can cook some for postpartum women in the future, but you must not drink too much when drinking, because barley is a cold food. Drinking too much may affect the postpartum woman’s uterus. Normally, you only need to drink it once every 3 days.