What is the best porridge to drink during confinement?

During the confinement period, many people recommend that girls drink porridge. Drinking porridge is a very good porridge for girls. It is not only easy to digest, but also can achieve different effects through various preparation methods. However, not everything can be used to make porridge. If foods that are not conducive to women's physical recovery are added to the porridge, it will be counterproductive and will not achieve the effect of confinement. So, what kind of porridge is best to drink during confinement?

1. Corn porridge

Ingredients: Corn

Preparation: Rinse the corn residue, add more water and cook over high heat. When it becomes thick, switch to medium heat and cook for about 20-30 minutes.

Efficacy: Corn is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and can enter the liver. It has the effects of diuresis and swelling reduction, spleen invigorating and dampness elimination, clearing dampness and heat, benefiting the lungs and calming the mind. In addition, it can also remove dryness in autumn and plays a great role in postpartum recovery.

2. Thick Eyebrows and Big Eyes

Ingredients: Take longan meat, peas, peanuts, sword beans 5, glutinous rice, brown sugar

Method: Take 50 grams of longan meat, 10 grams of peas, 30 grams of peanuts, 50 grams of sword beans, 200 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Wash the glutinous rice, add longan meat, peas, peanuts, and sword beans, add water and cook for 4 hours, then add brown sugar.

Efficacy: This porridge nourishes blood and calms the mind, warms the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for postpartum consumption.

3. Whitening soy milk porridge

Ingredients: 1 cup of white rice, 8 cups of water, 1 cup of soy milk

practice:

1. Wash and drain the rice.

2. Add 8 cups of water to the pot and bring to a boil. Add in white rice and continue cooking until it boils, stirring slightly. Change to medium-low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add in soy milk and continue cooking for a while. You can also sprinkle with chicken essence to season it before serving.

Effect: moisturizes and whitens skin.

4. Barley and red bean porridge

Ingredients: 20g raw coix seed, 30g red bean

Preparation: Wash and soak 20 grams of raw coix seeds and 30 grams of red beans for about half a day, drain and set aside. Boil coix seeds with water until half soft, add red beans and cook until done. Then add rock sugar and turn off the heat after it dissolves and is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Helps to beautify the skin, replenish qi and blood, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Red beans can replenish qi and blood, promote diuresis and reduce swelling; coix seed can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, clear away heat and discharge pus.