Jujube is a great blood tonic and some people even treat it as a daily candy. Even people with damp-heat in their spleen and stomach believe that eating more jujube can be helpful. But is this really the case?
Can people with damp-heat in their spleen and stomach eat jujube?
People with a damp-heat constitution in their spleen and stomach are not suitable for eating jujube alone. Jujube is warm in nature and is a great blood tonic, but it can easily generate damp-heat. Therefore, eating jujube alone is not suitable for people with a damp-heat constitution in their spleen and stomach. However, it can be consumed in combination with heat-clearing foods, such as coix seed.
Can people with damp-heat in their spleen and stomach drink jujube and coix seed porridge?
People with a damp-heat constitution in their spleen and stomach can drink jujube and coix seed porridge if they need to tonify blood with jujube. Coix seed can clear damp-heat in the spleen and stomach and balance out the warm nature of jujube, so as not to worsen the symptoms of damp-heat in the spleen and stomach!
Ingredients: 150g red beans, 50g coix seed, 10 jujubes, appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Instructions:
1. Wash the red beans and coix seed, soak them in warm water for 2 hours. Wash the jujubes and soak them in warm water for 20 minutes;
2. Put the red beans and coix seed into a pot, add enough water to cover them, and boil them over high heat until boiling;
3. Add the jujubes and simmer over low heat. When the red beans and coix seed are soft, add brown sugar and it is ready to be eaten.
What should people with damp-heat in their spleen and stomach eat?
Bitter melon and coix seed porridge
Ingredients: 30g bitter melon, 30g coix seed, 90g adzuki beans, 60g glutinous rice.
Instructions: Wash the bitter melon and remove the seeds, cut it into small pieces. Wash the coix seed and adzuki beans, soak them in water for 2 hours. Cook them together into porridge until soft, and eat it on an empty stomach.
Effect: Bitter melon can clear heat, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Coix seed benefits the stomach, eliminates dampness, and clears heat. Adzuki beans benefit the spleen and eliminate dampness. Glutinous rice benefits the spleen and stomach, relieves irritability and thirst. This therapeutic recipe can be considered a fortified version of jujube and coix seed porridge, but it should be used with caution by those with cold stomach, spleen deficiency without dampness, constipation, and pregnant women.
Poria cocos porridge
Ingredients: 30g Poria cocos powder, 30g glutinous rice, 7 jujubes.
Instructions: Wash the glutinous rice and put it into a pot, add water and bring to a boil, then add the jujubes. Simmer over low heat until the porridge is ready, then add the Poria cocos powder and stir well.
Effect: Poria cocos is neutral in nature and has the effects of diuresis, dampness elimination, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and calming the mind. It is suitable for treating symptoms of damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, such as edema, reduced urine output, poor appetite, loose stools, and restlessness.
Precautions for people with damp-heat in their spleen and stomach
1. Do not live in a damp and hot environment for a long time, as the invasion of damp and hot pathogenic factors will only weaken the constitution further.
2. Irregular diet and overeating can also cause damage to the spleen and stomach, leading to damp-heat in the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is important to regulate the diet, avoid overeating or eating fatty and greasy foods like fatty meat and fried dough sticks.
3. Emotional disturbances can also easily lead to damp-heat in the spleen and stomach. Therefore, maintaining a good emotional state can help relieve the symptoms of damp-heat in the spleen and stomach.
