Chen Pi is a medicinal and food species, which has some benefits for the cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory systems. Making porridge with Chen Pi is a practical and simple method, so let's learn about the efficacy and effects of Chen Pi porridge today.
Strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach
Chen Pi has the effect of strengthening the spleen and regulating Qi, which can treat the stagnation of the spleen and stomach. Taking the porridge in a gentle and soft way can both warm the stomach and enhance the efficacy of Chen Pi in strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.
Anti-vomiting
Chen Pi contains volatile oil, which has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, eliminating gas accumulation in the intestinal canal and relieving regurgitation symptoms, so Chen Pi porridge has an anti-vomiting effect, especially suitable for women with vomiting in the first trimester.
Calming the mind
Stasis of blood is both a pathological product and a pathogenic factor, which has an important impact on the treatment of insomnia. Chen Pi has the effect of regulating Qi and resolving stasis, and can be used to treat chest and rib distention, so Chen Pi porridge can calm the mind.
Aids digestion
Chen Pi contains a variety of volatile oils, the main component of which is limonene, which has a stimulating effect on the digestive tract and can increase the secretion of gastric juice and speed up gastrointestinal peristalsis, so Chen Pi porridge helps digestion.
Expelling cold
Chen Pi is pungent and warm, and has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold. A bowl of steaming Chen Pi porridge can dispel the cold in the body.
How to make Chen Pi Congee
Rice and peel porridge
Ingredients: 10 grams of orange peel, 100 grams of rice.
How to do: Select the peel, cut it into shreds, decoct it in water to get the juice, and cook it with rice as a thin porridge, or grind the peel, take 3-5 grams each time, mix it into the boiled porridge, and cook it as a porridge.
Effects: Relieving phlegm and cough, clearing heat and eliminating food.
Suitable for people with loss of appetite, deficiency of spleen and stomach, cough with phlegm, distention and fullness of stomach and abdomen.
Walnuts and peel porridge
Ingredients: 6 grams of peel, 20 grams of walnuts, 10 grams of rock sugar.
Directions: moisten the peel and cut into shreds; shell the walnuts and leave the kernels, fry them in veggie oil and put them in a bowl for use; break up the rock sugar. Rice, clean, put into a pot, add water 600 ml, set the fire boiling, and then simmer until 80%, add peel, walnuts, rock sugar stir, and continue to cook until the porridge is ready.
Efficacy: nourish the liver and kidney, constipation.
Suitable for people: people with hepatitis and constipation.
