Porridge and Rice Diet Recipes (Chinese): Winter Melon and Duck Porridge, Oyster Porridge, and Various Medicinal Porridges

Winter melon and duck porridge

[Ingredients] 1 winter melon, 1 whole duck, 300g rice, half a fresh lotus leaf, 5 dried shiitake mushrooms

One, 3 grams of dried tangerine peel.

[Instructions] Wash the winter melon (leaving the skin on) and cut into thick chunks; add rice to boiling water; add shiitake mushrooms, winter melon,

Fresh lotus leaves and dried tangerine peel are also added at the same time; the whole duck is fried in oil until fragrant.

Scoop the duck out and add it to the porridge to cook together; when the duck is tender enough, remove it, cut it into pieces, and garnish with chopped green onions and minced ginger.

Season with sesame oil. Serve with porridge.

[Efficacy] In this product, winter melon is sweet, bland, and cool in nature, and has diuretic, swelling-reducing, heat-clearing, and detoxifying effects.

Lotus leaf has the effects of promoting urination and stopping bleeding; it is sweet, slightly bitter, and neutral in nature. It has the functions of clearing heat and relieving summer heat.

It has the effects of clearing heat, dispersing blood stasis, and stopping bleeding. It is used to treat symptoms such as summer heat, headache, and chest tightness.

This product is indicated for thirst, scanty and dark urine, summer heat diarrhea, and various bleeding disorders.

It has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, relieving strangury and stopping bleeding, relieving boredom and quenching thirst.

It can be used to treat edema, fever in hot weather, hematuria, and other symptoms, and can also be used for hypertension.

It can also alleviate symptoms, lower blood pressure, and lower lipids in patients with hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, and obesity.

[Calories] 164 calories.

Oyster and Celery Porridge

[Ingredients] 120g rice, 180g fresh oysters, 1 stalk of celery, 1 egg, salt,

Add appropriate amounts of wine, minced ginger, and cornstarch.

[Instructions] Wash the oysters thoroughly and drain. Place them in a bowl, add salt, wine, minced ginger, and cornstarch, and mix well.

Evenly shred the celery, removing the roots and leaves, and then shred the tender green stalks; wash the rice and add water...

After boiling, add to the pot and cook the porridge. Then, beat one egg, oysters, and egg together.

Mix well, then pour into the porridge pot, stir, and when the porridge boils, add the celery shreds and...

Add a little oil, bring to a boil again, and then remove from heat.

[Efficacy] In this product, oysters, also known as mussels, have delicious meat and high nutritional value.

It is a low-cholesterol food. Oyster meat is salty and slightly cold in nature, and it is associated with the liver and kidneys.

Celery has the effects of calming the liver and suppressing yang, softening and dispersing nodules, and astringing and consolidating.

It has a sweet and cool nature, and has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, lowering blood pressure (calming the liver and extinguishing wind), and removing lipids.

Therefore, this product is often used to treat restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, and headaches caused by yin deficiency and yang excess.

It is suitable for dizziness, tinnitus, and conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hematuria.

It is used to treat seminal emission, leukorrhea, metrorrhagia, and night sweats. It is also used for excessive stomach acid, stomach or duodenum pain.

This product is also very effective for patients with intestinal bulb ulcers.

[Calories] 155 kcal.

Sophora japonica flower porridge

[Ingredients] 30g dried Sophora japonica flowers (50g fresh), 50g japonica rice.

[Preparation] 30g dried locust flowers or 50g fresh locust flowers, 50g rice, add water as usual.

When making porridge, you can first cook the rice until it is almost done, then add the locust flowers before the rice grains open, and cook it for a little longer before eating.

[Efficacy] In this product, Sophora japonica flowers have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, removing dampness and stopping bleeding. Sophora japonica flowers are cooling.

It has strong hemostatic properties and is used to treat various bleeding disorders of the lower abdomen, such as hematochezia and hematuria; Sophora japonica

Flowers can maintain the normal resistance of capillaries and reduce vascular permeability; they also have analgesic properties.

It has a blood-circulating effect, can dilate coronary arteries, prevent arteriosclerosis, and can prevent stroke.

[Calories] 142 calories.

Chrysanthemum porridge

[Materials] Use chrysanthemums picked before the first frost in autumn, dried by baking or steaming and then sun-drying, or air-drying.

Then grind it into powder and set aside. 100 grams of japonica rice.

[Instructions] First, cook 100 grams of japonica rice with water as usual to make porridge. When the porridge is almost done, stir in the rice water.

Use 10-15 grams of chrysanthemum powder, and boil it briefly once or twice.

[Efficacy] This product has the effects of dispelling wind-heat, clearing liver fire, and lowering blood pressure. It is used to treat hypertension.

It is used for ailments such as coronary heart disease, headache due to liver fire, dizziness, blurred vision, and red eyes due to wind-heat. Chrysanthemum

It benefits blood circulation, promotes a lighter body, and helps prevent aging. Chrysanthemum also has a nerve-nourishing effect.

This tonic has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, and can also enhance the resistance of capillaries.

It can lower blood pressure. It is used to prevent and treat coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia.

Note: This product is not suitable for elderly people who usually have weak spleen and loose stools.

[Calories] 146 calories.

Abalone porridge

[Ingredients] 30g calcined cassia seed, 100g japonica rice.

[Preparation] Take 30 grams of calcined cassia seed, crush it and put it into a clay pot, add 200 ml of water, and bring to a boil over high heat.

First, simmer for 1 hour, remove the dregs and keep the liquid. Add 100 grams of japonica rice and 600 ml of water.

Boil the ingredients into a thin or thick porridge. Take it warm every morning and evening, for 5 to 7 days as one course of treatment.

[Efficacy] In this product, abalone shell is the shell of the abalone (Abalone variegata), a species of abalone in the family Abaloneidae.

Its flavor is salty and cold, it enters the liver meridian, its weight is calming and suppressing, it is good at clearing liver fire and suppressing floating yang, and is therefore...

This is an essential medicine for calming the liver and suppressing yang. It has the effects of calming the liver and suppressing yang, clearing heat and improving eyesight.

Suitable for treating dizziness, headache, tinnitus, and hypertension caused by yin deficiency and yang excess, as well as...

Symptoms include red and swollen eyes, night blindness, and blurred vision. Abalone shell also has lipid-lowering properties.

It has a blood pressure lowering effect and is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia.

Note: Because abalone shell is heavy, it should be crushed and decocted first. Also, because it is cold in nature, it is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.

[Calories] 160 calories.

White Quartz Porridge

[Ingredients] 10g white quartz, 50g glutinous rice.

[Preparation]Crush the white quartz and let the water run clear. Every morning, add water and cook porridge as usual.

Take it warm on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.

[Efficacy] This product can lighten the body and prolong life, and also treats pulmonary atrophy, dampness-induced paralysis, jaundice, and strengthens the large intestine.

Note: This medicine may be used temporarily to treat illness; there is no evidence of its long-term benefits.

[Calories] 140 calories.

Cornmeal porridge

[Ingredients] 100g of japonica rice, 500-800ml of water, 30g of corn flour.

[Instructions] First, cook rice with water to make porridge. After the rice grains have opened up, stir in cornstarch to thicken the porridge.

It should have a thin paste consistency; cook for a few more minutes. It can be eaten warm with any meal.

[Efficacy] In this product, corn flour is sweet and neutral in nature. When cooked into porridge with rice, it can improve appetite.

Rice noodles contain a relatively high amount of protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.

Quality. Corn oil is an oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, and is...

An inhibitor of cholesterol absorption, similar to peanut oil, soybean oil, and sesame oil.

They have similar effects. They help with the normal metabolism of fat and cholesterol in the body.

For diseases such as arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and blood circulation disorders

It has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases, and corn also contains a lot of glutamic acid, which has...

Brain-boosting effects. Many countries rely on corn as a staple food and use corn starch in their diets.

Many types of starch sugars have been produced, and this sugar has become an important sugar besides sucrose.

Source. Over the past 20 years, fruit and herbal syrups produced from corn starch have...

What is considered a sugary food for diabetics can also be consumed by obese patients.

In addition, because corn contains a large amount of magnesium, it can inhibit the development of cancer and also...

It helps dilate blood vessels, strengthens intestinal peristalsis, increases bile, and promotes the elimination of waste products from the body.

In Japan, cornmeal porridge is used to treat edema caused by nephritis, and it is also used for excretion.

To achieve the desired effect, one can also use 1 part corn, 3 parts water, to make a decoction to drink as tea, morning and evening; with prolonged use, it will be effective.

Note: Cornmeal should be fresh; cook porridge and eat immediately. Moldy cornmeal.

It can be infected with Aspergillus flavus, which produces aflatoxin, a potent carcinogen.

Therefore, it is important to note that moldy cornmeal should never be used.

[Calories] 154 calories.