Stomach problems can really affect your appetite and nutrition. Having a healthy stomach is crucial for your overall well-being. Here are five recommended stomach-nourishing recipes from professional nutritionists that we can learn from!
1. Yam, Red Date, and Glutinous Rice Porridge
Ingredients:
- 100g yam
- 10 red dates
- 100g glutinous rice
- Sugar (to taste)
Instructions:
1. Wash and peel the yam, then cut it into pieces.
2. Wash the glutinous rice and red dates, then put them in a pot with the yam. Add water and cook over medium heat until the porridge is ready. Add sugar to taste.
Benefits:
This porridge can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, nourish the blood, and nourish and regulate the stomach. Regular consumption can improve digestion and nourish the stomach.
2. Rose and Red Date Porridge
Ingredients:
- Black rice
- White rice
- Red sugar
- 10 red dates
- A few medicinal roses
Instructions:
1. Wash the black rice and white rice in a 1:1 ratio and soak them in water overnight. Then cook the rice with boiling water in a rice cooker.
2. While waiting for the porridge to cook, wash the red dates and remove the pits. Cut them into small pieces. Remove the stems from the medicinal roses and separate the petals.
3. Add the red dates to the porridge and cook until the rice grains are plump. When the porridge becomes thick, add the red sugar and melt it. Before serving, sprinkle the medicinal rose petals and stir well.
Benefits:
Roses can regulate menstruation, remove spots, and prevent wrinkles. Red dates can strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and nourish blood. Black rice has various health benefits, including nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, invigorating the spleen and warming the liver, nourishing the spleen and stomach, promoting qi and activating blood circulation, protecting the liver and improving eyesight. Red sugar has the functions of replenishing qi and nourishing blood, warming the spleen and stomach, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation, and dissolving stasis.
3. Angelica Sinensis and Red Date Porridge
Ingredients:
- 15g Angelica Sinensis
- 50g red dates
- 20g sugar
- 50g glutinous rice
Instructions:
1. Soak the Angelica Sinensis in warm water for a while, then add 200g of water and simmer to make a concentrated solution of 100g. Remove the residue and keep the liquid. Add glutinous rice, red dates, and sugar to the liquid along with an appropriate amount of water. Cook until the porridge is ready.
Benefits:
This porridge can nourish the blood, regulate menstruation, promote blood circulation, relieve pain, and moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements. It is suitable for conditions such as deficiency of qi and blood, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, headache due to blood deficiency, dizziness, and constipation.
4. Snow Pear and Lily Porridge
Ingredients:
- 50g glutinous rice
- 1 snow pear
- A handful of dried lilies
- 1 piece of rock sugar
Instructions:
1. Rinse the glutinous rice and lilies. Set aside. Wash the pear and cut it into small cubes.
2. In a pot, add water, pears, and lilies. Cover and bring to a boil. Add the glutinous rice.
3. Stir with a spoon to prevent the rice from sticking to the pot. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes.
4. Add the rock sugar and cook for another 5 minutes.
Benefits:
Pears can produce body fluids, moisturize dryness, and clear heat. They are especially suitable for consumption in autumn. They can be eaten raw, steamed, or cooked. Snow pear porridge is a good choice for autumn. Lily is a nourishing food that can be used throughout the year, but it is especially suitable for consumption in autumn. Since snow pears are cold in nature and lilies are slightly cold, glutinous rice is added to balance the ingredients. Glutinous rice is warm in nature and has the effects of invigorating the spleen and warming the stomach and replenishing deficiency.
5. Coix Seed, Red Bean, and Lotus Seed Porridge
Ingredients:
- About 10 lotus seeds
- 25g coix seed
- 15g red beans
- 15g glutinous rice
Instructions:
1. Rinse the lotus seeds, red beans, and coix seeds with water. Soak them for half an hour (this soaking time will not affect the cooking time later).
2. In a pot, bring water to a boil. Add the soaked lotus seeds, red beans, and coix seeds.
3. Cook over high heat for half an hour, then add the washed glutinous rice (add the glutinous rice later to ensure that all the ingredients are cooked at the same time).
4. Cook over medium heat for another half an hour. Stir at the end to achieve a thin consistency. Serve and enjoy.
Benefits:
Lotus seeds have a sweet taste and a slightly cool nature. They can nourish the heart and kidneys, invigorate the spleen, stop diarrhea, and treat palpitations and insomnia. Coix seeds have a sweet and bland taste and a cool nature. They can invigorate the spleen, eliminate dampness, strengthen the lungs, and clear heat. Glutinous rice is a mild nourishing food with the effects of replenishing deficiency, nourishing blood, invigorating the spleen and warming the stomach, and stopping sweating. Red beans have a neutral nature and a sweet and sour taste. They are non-toxic and have the functions of nourishing the body, invigorating the spleen and stomach, diuresis, clearing heat, and promoting blood circulation.
