Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mugwort leaf is a herb that treats cold and stagnant conditions in the body, and it is the preferred medicine for gynecological diseases. When combined with glutinous rice, the effectiveness of mugwort leaf can be fully utilized.
[Name of Medicinal Diet]
Mugwort Leaf Rice Porridge
[Ingredients]
15 grams of mugwort leaf (or 30 grams of fresh mugwort leaf), 50 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.
[Instructions]
Boil the concentrated mugwort leaf to remove impurities, then add water and cook until the porridge thickens.
[Usage]
Take the porridge for three days after menstruation, and stop taking it for three days before menstruation. Take it twice a day, warm it up and consume it in the morning and evening.
[Efficiency]
Mugwort Leaf Rice Porridge has the functions of warming the body, stopping bleeding, dispelling coldness, and relieving pain. It is used to treat women's cold and painful conditions, irregular menstruation, cold and painful lower abdomen, excessive bleeding, restless fetal movements, bleeding during pregnancy, and cold infertility.
[Contraindications]
Mugwort Leaf Rice Porridge is a warming porridge, and it is not suitable for those with yin deficiency and blood heat.
[Food Ingredient Introduction]
Mugwort leaf has been widely used in our country for a long time. Some people use it for medicinal purposes, some use it as food to alleviate hunger, and some use it as a symbol to ward off evil spirits and toxins. Its uses are very diverse. Even now, many elderly people in rural areas are fond of mugwort leaf and consider it a good thing. When they see it, they often collect it, dry it, and keep it for later use. Mugwort leaf also grows well, especially in the hilly areas of southern China, where it grows abundantly. It is said that for thousands of years, every Dragon Boat Festival, people not only eat rice dumplings and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan, but also insert mugwort leaves collected into the door lintel to ward off evil spirits and toxins.
When mugwort leaf is cooked with glutinous rice, it has a warm, fragrant nature and is specifically used to treat women's cold and painful menstruation, irregular menstruation, cold and painful lower abdomen, bleeding during pregnancy, and cold infertility. Mugwort leaf warms the blood and meridians, resolves stagnant qi, and can regulate the twelve meridians, especially the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians. Therefore, after cooking mugwort leaf porridge, it is good at warming the middle and dispelling coldness, promoting the circulation of qi and blood, and resolving qi stagnation. It is a pure yang porridge with warmth and heat, and it is a good medicine for all gynecological diseases caused by cold and deficiency.
