Fuling is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. Fuling cakes, Fuling pastries, Fuling porridge, and other dishes made with Fuling are rich in nutrition and have the effects of promoting diuresis, invigorating the spleen, and calming the mind. Therefore, Fuling is loved by many people. So, how can we eat Fuling to achieve the best dampness-removing effect?
Fuling Red Bean Coix Seed Porridge
Ingredients:
20g white Fuling powder, 50g red beans, 100g coix seeds, sugar to taste.
Instructions:
Soak the red beans for half a day, then cook them with coix seeds to make porridge. Once the red beans are cooked, add the Fuling powder and continue cooking until it becomes porridge. Add a little sugar.
Bai Zhu Fuling Porridge
Ingredients:
12g Bai Zhu, 15g Fuling, 3g dried tangerine peel, 1g ginger peel, 3g Amomum villosum, 100g polished rice.
Instructions: Boil the above five herbal ingredients to make a decoction, remove the residue, and then add the polished rice to cook into a thin porridge. Take it warm twice a day, in the morning and evening.
Fuling Chestnut Porridge
Ingredients:
15g Fuling, 25g chestnuts, 10 jujubes, 100g polished rice.
Instructions:
1. Boil the chestnuts, jujubes, and polished rice in water.
2. Grind the Fuling into powder and slowly add it to the partially cooked rice. Stir well and cook until the chestnuts are fully cooked. Add sugar to taste.
Fuling Astragalus Porridge
Ingredients:
30g Fuling, 30g Astragalus, 200g rice.
Instructions:
1. Dry the Fuling, grind it into fine powder. Rinse the Astragalus and slice it. Wash the rice.
2. Put the rice in a pot, add 1000ml water, and add the Astragalus slices. Boil the pot on high heat, then simmer for 35 minutes on low heat. Add the Fuling powder and boil for 5 minutes.
Lotus Leaf Fuling Porridge
Ingredients:
1 lotus leaf (fresh or dried), 50g Fuling, 100g polished rice or millet, sugar to taste.
Instructions:
First, boil the lotus leaf in water to make a decoction and remove the residue. Add the Fuling and washed polished rice or millet into the herbal decoction and cook together to make porridge. Add sugar before serving.
Who should not consume Fuling for dampness-removing purposes
1. Patients with kidney deficiency
Fuling has the effect of promoting diuresis and removing dampness. Patients with kidney deficiency may worsen their condition and experience symptoms such as seminal emissions.
2. People with deficient qi and weak constitution
Fuling has a neutral nature and has the effect of invigorating the spleen and removing dampness. It may cause dry mouth and harm the body in people with deficient qi and weak constitution.
3. Diabetic patients
Fuling contains a large amount of starch. Diabetic patients have restrictions on daily starch intake, so they should not consume Fuling. After consuming Fuling, diabetic patients should reduce their intake of staple food accordingly.
4. People with deficiency-cold and seminal emissions
Fuling promotes diuresis and dampness removal, which may worsen the condition of people with deficiency-cold and seminal emissions.
