Coix is also known as coix seed, coix seed, coix seed, soil corn, barley, fruit, barley beads, grass beads, Huihui rice, rice kernel and so on. It is not only a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, but also a common and commonly eaten health ingredient.
Barley contains 162% protein, 46% fat, 792% polysaccharides and other nutrients. In autumn and winter, stewed pork feet, pork ribs and chicken with barley are a good nourishing product. In summer and spring, it is a good remedy for strengthening the spleen and reducing swelling by cooking porridge or making cold iced barley tea.
1.8 Effects of Barley.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that barley is beneficial to water and swelling, spleen and dampness, tendons and paralysis, heat and pus, etc., and can be used for spleen deficiency and diarrhea, muscle soreness, joint pain, edema, athlete's foot, leucorrhoea, lung abscess, appendicitis and other diseases. In addition, through modern scientific research, barley also has the following 8 effects.
1) Anti-tumor, especially digestive tract tumors with spleen deficiency and dampness and lung tumors with phlegm, heat and dampness are more suitable.
2) Enhance immunity and anti-inflammatory effect, barley seed oil has a promoting effect on cellular immunity and humoral immunity.
3) The effect of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood sugar, especially for hypertension and blood sugar instability.
4) Inhibit skeletal muscle contraction, reduce muscle contracture, and shorten its fatigue curve; Inhibits the contraction of striated muscles and relieves muscle pain.
5) It has sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects. It has a good effect on patients with rheumatism and paralysis.
6) Lowers blood calcium, delays aging, and improves the body's immunity.
7) Inhibit respiration and dilate peripheral blood vessels, especially pulmonary blood vessels.
8) Make the gloss delicate, and beneficial to eliminate acne, freckles, age spots, pregnancy spots, butterfly spots, rough and other problems; It has a certain ** effect on desquamation, acne, chapping, etc.
It should be noted that the medicinal power of barley is mild, and it is advisable to persevere, take more and take it for a long time to reap good results; Multiple doses of barley seeds need to be carried out under the guidance of a doctor; Spleen deficiency without dampness, dry stool, insufficient fluid and pregnant women should be used with caution.
2.Barley health snacks.
Finally, I would like to recommend 2 healthy snacks about barley.
01 Red adzuki bean barley tea.
Ingredients:20 grams of red adzuki beans, barley, seeds, and poria cocos.
Directions:
Barley is cold, and eating too much is not good for the stomach, while fried barley becomes much calmer, and the effect of strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness is very good. Therefore, we need to put the barley in the pan and fry for 5-6 minutes, stir-fry until slightly golden;
Then wash the red beans and barley in a ratio of 1:1, soak them for a day and a night, and then put them in the pot, and then pour a certain amount of water into the pot, as long as the water is added according to the usual amount of water used to make porridge;
Put in red adzuki beans, barley, gourd and poria cocos in turn, boil them over high heat first, and then turn off the heat and simmer for an hour after boiling;
Turn on the heat again after an hour, turn off the heat when the water in the pot boils again, and then strain out the soup to drink as water.
Features:It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation, and common symptoms such as dizziness, soreness and laziness in the limbs, and loss of appetite.
02 Stewed chicken with barley.
Ingredients:1 chicken, 20g barley, Shao wine, refined salt, chopped green onion, shredded ginger, pepper, 1 orange.
Directions:Remove the feathers and internal organs of the chicken, wash it, and cut the chicken into cubes of about 3 cm with bones; Put the chicken pieces in a deep pot, add about 10 cups of water, add the barley; First boil over fierce heat, then simmer for 2 hours, until the chicken is boiled until it can be separated from the bones; Add the prepared wine, salt, green onion, ginger, pepper, orange juice and other seasoning before cooking.
Features:Nourishing vitality, beauty and skin care, suitable for women with weak vitality and dull complexion, common symptoms such as weakness of limbs, palpitation and shortness of breath, memory loss, and delayed menstruation.