Hepatobiliary damp-heat is a common disease, but many people do not like taking medicine. So what can be done? Are there any dietary therapy methods?
Stewed loach with tofu
Ingredients: 500g loach, 250g tofu.
Instructions: Wash the loach and cut it into segments. Add salt, cooking wine, and an appropriate amount of water. Stew until the loach is almost cooked, then add the tofu and continue stewing until the fish is cooked and tender.
Efficacy: Loach has the effect of clearing damp-heat and reducing jaundice, while tofu can clear heat. Therefore, stewed loach with tofu can clear hepatobiliary damp-heat.
Cucumber and coix seed porridge
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, 50g coix seed, 100g glutinous rice.
Instructions: Wash the coix seed and glutinous rice and put them in a pot with an appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. After the porridge is cooked, add cucumber slices and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Efficacy: Coix seed is beneficial for spleen, clears heat, and promotes diuresis, while cucumber clears heat and promotes urination. Cucumber and coix seed porridge can clear damp-heat.
Radix Imperatae stewed meat
Ingredients: 50g fresh Radix Imperatae, 500g pork, a little ginger and scallion.
Instructions: Wash the Radix Imperatae and pork. Cut the pork into slices and the Radix Imperatae into segments. Put them in a pot with scallion, ginger, and an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked and tender. Remove the scallion, ginger, and Radix Imperatae. Add refined salt and monosodium glutamate. Enjoy the meat and soup.
Efficacy: Radix Imperatae can clear and benefit the liver and gallbladder and eliminate damp-heat.
Artemisia capillaris and glutinous rice porridge
Ingredients: 30g Artemisia capillaris, 50g glutinous rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Instructions: Wash the Artemisia capillaris and put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water to decoct for half an hour. Remove the residue and take the liquid. Add glutinous rice to the Artemisia capillaris liquid and cook porridge. Add rock sugar according to taste before consumption.
Efficacy: Artemisia capillaris has the effect of clearing damp-heat and reducing jaundice.
Moneywort porridge
Ingredients: 60g fresh moneywort, 50g glutinous rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Instructions: Wash the moneywort and extract the juice by boiling it in water. Wash the glutinous rice and pour it into the moneywort juice. Simmer and cook until the porridge is done. Add rock sugar according to taste.
Efficacy: Moneywort has the effect of clearing heat, eliminating dampness, promoting bile secretion, and reducing jaundice. Therefore, moneywort porridge can clear hepatobiliary damp-heat.
What not to eat for hepatobiliary damp-heat
The diet for hepatobiliary damp-heat should be light. Smoking and drinking should be avoided. Spicy and fried foods should not be eaten. Avoid excessive consumption of greasy and sweet foods. Avoid eating raw and cold foods. Avoid excessive tonics.
