I believe everyone has drunk red bean and Job’s tears porridge in daily life. When making red bean and Job’s tears porridge, the first thing to prepare is some dried dates, because after removing the pits, they are all fruit flesh, and there is no need to worry about it affecting the taste. As long as they are cooked until they are soft, that’s fine. It is best to soak these five grains and杂粮 in warm water first.

Basic Ingredients

100 grams of Job’s tears

25 grams of dried dates

50 grams of red beans

10 grams of grass of heaven

30 grams of white sugar

Preparation Method

1. Soak Job’s tears and red beans in warm water for half a day;

2. Wrap grass of heaven in gauze;

3. Soak dried dates with the pits removed;

4. Put Job’s tears, red beans, grass of heaven, and dried dates into the pot together;

5. Add water to cook into a thin porridge, and finally sprinkle with sugar to taste.

Basic Effects

Job’s tears and red bean porridge is the best medicine for treating dampness. Job’s tears, known as ‘Yi Yi Ren’ in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as a top-grade herb in the ‘Shen Nong’s Materia Medica’. It can treat dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, reduce edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and can help lighten the body and boost Qi when taken for a long time. Red beans, known as ‘Chì Xiao Dou’ in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic, anti-edema, and stomach-spleen health benefits. Since they are red, red enters the heart, so they can also nourish the heart. Modern people have high levels of stress, weak heart Qi, irregular diet, and lack of exercise, leading to a deficiency of the spleen and an excess of dampness. To remove dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, nothing is more suitable than Job’s tears and red beans. Boiling them into porridge is to ensure that their effective components are fully absorbed by the human body, while also not placing any burden on the spleen and stomach.

Misunderstanding

The ‘swelling’ effect of Job’s tears and red beans should not be confused with edema. Many people have an increase in body fat, which is also swelling, known as obesity. In traditional Chinese medicine, both obesity and edema mean there is dampness in the body. When fluid cannot flow with the Qi and blood, it stagnates between the cells of the human body, causing the body to swell rapidly. This is true for edema as well as obesity, only the degree of severity varies. Medicines or foods with strong diuretic properties can remove these stagnant fluids in the body, thereby reducing swelling. Therefore, mung beans are essential for treating edema. Practice has proven that Job’s tears and red bean porridge has good weight loss effects, it can not only help with weight loss but also does not harm the body, especially for middle-aged and elderly obese individuals, the effect is even better.