You must know the effects and functions of red beans and coix seeds!

Red beans and coix seeds are both health foods that people often eat, and red bean and coix seed porridge has a strong therapeutic effect, so it is loved by people. So what are the specific effects of red bean and coix seed?

1. Beauty detoxification

Job's tears are cool in nature and sweet in taste. They can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body. They have the effects of whitening, moisturizing, lightening spots and slimming the face. Cooking job's tears with longan, red beans, etc. can have the effect of beauty and detoxification, which is very suitable for women who have this need.

2. Remove dampness and strengthen the spleen and stomach

Job's tears can treat dampness and arthritis, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and long-term consumption can make the body lighter and benefit the qi. Red beans 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, have weak heart qi, have irregular diets, little exercise, and suffer from spleen deficiency and dampness. If you want to remove dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, then the best choice is coix seed and red beans. Boiling it into porridge is intended to allow its effective ingredients to be fully absorbed by the human body without causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.

3. Reduce swelling and lose weight

In traditional Chinese medicine, obesity or edema both mean that there is dampness in the body. The water cannot flow with the blood and qi, and instead remains between human cells, causing the body to swell rapidly. The same is true for edema and obesity, except that the degree varies. Drugs or foods with strong dehumidifying properties can remove the water retained in the human body and reduce swelling. Therefore, coix seed must be used to treat edema. Practice has proved that coix seed and red bean porridge has good weight loss effects. It can lose weight without hurting the body, especially for obese middle-aged and elderly people.

4. Nourishing Qi and Producing Blood

For women after childbirth, nothing is more important than taking care of their body. Generally speaking, women's bodies are very weak after childbirth, especially the deficiency of qi and blood. If they are not properly adjusted, the impact will be greater in the future. When cooking barley and red bean porridge, you must put some large red dates in it, because red dates can replenish blood, barley helps to nourish qi, and red beans have the effect of nourishing the stomach, so women have a good effect taking barley and red bean porridge after childbirth. Now many women are choosing to take barley and red bean porridge, even if they have not given birth to a child, the reason is that barley and red bean porridge also has the effect of beauty, making the complexion look better.