Can I drink barley porridge when my period comes?

We know that girls have a few days every month during their menstrual period. During this period, women's diet is greatly restricted and requires a lot of attention. They cannot eat a lot of cold, spicy and other foods during this period. We know that barley is a cold food in addition to removing dampness and strengthening the spleen. So can we drink barley porridge when we have our period?

There is no effect if you drink some red bean and coix seed water in moderation during menstruation. However, the coix seed must be fried in a pan to remove its coldness.

Job's tears can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, relieving pain, diuresis, and eliminating edema. Red beans can be used as medicine to clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and relieve ventilation and restlessness. Menstruation is an important period for women to regulate their bodies. Drinking red bean and coix seed soup at this time can help with diuresis, swelling reduction, blood replenishment and heart strengthening.

However, red bean and coix seed water has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, and is slightly cold in nature. Taking too much during menstruation may cause uterine cold, so you should be careful to drink it in moderation.

1. Motherwort Juice Porridge

Material:

10 grams of fresh motherwort juice, 40 grams each of fresh Rehmannia juice and fresh lotus root juice, appropriate amount of ginger juice and honey, and 100 grams of rice.

Production:

Wash the rice and add water to cook it into porridge. When the rice is cooked, add the above-mentioned medicinal juices and honey and cook it into a thin porridge.

Usage: Take twice a day, warm. Stop taking it once you recover from the illness. It is not advisable to take it for a long time.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin, nourishes blood, regulates menstruation, eliminates blood stasis, quenches thirst, and relieves restlessness.

1. Although coix seed has the function of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar, it is only a health food after all and cannot be used as a medicine. Therefore, patients with symptoms of hyperlipidemia should seek medical treatment and must not consume coix seed to treat themselves.

2. People with constipation and polyuria should eat less, because coix seed can "promote diuresis and eliminate dampness". Water is discharged from the urethra, and the intestines become dry, which will aggravate the symptoms of constipation and polyuria.

3. After all, coix seed is cold in nature, so even normal people should not eat too much. In addition, when eating coix seeds and coix seeds porridge, they must be cooked until they are soft before they can be eaten. Job's tears are difficult to cook. It is best to soak them for 24 hours before cooking. If they are not cooked well, they will be difficult to digest and bad for the stomach.