When it comes to Ze Xie, many people think of it as a plant. Indeed, Ze Xie is a plant, but it is also a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Chinese medicine believes that Ze Xie can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, as well as aid digestion and resolve food stagnation. Moreover, it has good therapeutic effects on common modern diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Today, I will recommend two medicinal porridge recipes for treating edema. Let's take a look!
Ze Xie Digestive Porridge
Ingredients: 100g rice, 10g Ze Xie, green tea (as needed), cilantro (a little), salt (as needed)
Instructions:
1. Soak and wash the rice. Wash the tea leaves and Ze Xie. Boil them in water and extract the juice.
2. Heat a pot and pour in the medicinal juice. Add the rice and bring to a boil over high heat.
3. Reduce to low heat and cook until thick. Sprinkle cilantro and mix in salt.
Benefits:
1. Ze Xie: Promotes diuresis, clears dampness, and dispels heat.
2. Rice: Tonifies the middle, benefits qi, nourishes the spleen and stomach, harmonizes the five organs, promotes blood circulation, sharpens the ears and eyes, relieves restlessness, quenches thirst, and stops diarrhea.
3. Cilantro: Promotes gastrointestinal peristalsis, stimulates appetite, removes food stagnation, and relieves bloating.
4. Ze Xie Digestive Porridge: This porridge has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, aiding digestion and resolving food stagnation, lowering blood pressure, nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, dispelling heat and quenching thirst, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and nourishing the blood and tonifying the liver.