In the blooming season, use flowers to cook porridge, so that you can enjoy the fragrance of flowers and drink the beauty of your complexion.
Broccoli Porridge Broccoli is a flower of the cruciferous family, containing various vitamins, carotenoids, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other minerals. It has certain effects on enhancing liver detoxification, promoting growth and development, and refining the skin. Take 50g of fresh broccoli (10g of dried), 50-100g of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Cook them with 500g of water over low heat until the porridge thickens, then add a little vegetable oil when the surface becomes oily. Serve it in the morning and evening. Broccoli porridge has a refreshing and pleasant fragrance. Regular consumption can promote blood circulation, beautify the skin, and promote bowel movements.
Mung Bean Flower Porridge Mung beans are annual climbing herbaceous plants of the legume family. The flowers contain protein and are ideal beauty products. They can also treat excessive menstrual flow and leukorrhea in women. Harvest the unopened white mung bean flowers between July and August each year, and dry them for later use. Cook 100g of glutinous rice into porridge, and when the porridge is almost done, add 10-15g of mung bean flowers and cook for a while. Mung bean flower porridge has a sweet and fragrant taste, which is refreshing and beneficial for spleen, appetite, beauty, and anti-aging.
Jasmine Flower Porridge Jasmine flowers contain various organic compounds, vitamins, sugars, starch, and other beneficial nutrients for the body, making them an ideal beauty product. After collecting jasmine flowers, they can be dehydrated and made into dried jasmine flowers for making tea or porridge. Cook 100g of fresh glutinous rice into porridge, and when the porridge is almost ready, add 3-5g of dried jasmine flowers and cook for another 5-10 minutes. Jasmine flower porridge has a sweet and fragrant taste, and the aroma of jasmine can "penetrate the top of the head and reach the lower abdomen," relieving any stagnant qi in the chest. It not only refreshes the mind but also moisturizes dry skin, promoting beauty, vitality, and anti-aging.
Peach Blossom Porridge Peach blossoms contain coumarin, vitamin A, vitamin C, etc., which can dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, moisturize the skin, and accelerate the excretion of aging lipofuscin, preventing and eliminating freckles, chloasma, and age spots. When the porridge is almost cooked, add peach blossoms. Watching the beautiful flowers rolling in the white rice porridge gives a feeling of "flowers intoxicate people, and people intoxicate themselves." Regular consumption of this porridge can also treat symptoms such as dull complexion, dry and dull skin caused by poor liver function and poor blood circulation in women. You can also crush fresh peach blossoms and apply them to the face, which can moisturize and make the skin elastic.
Apricot Blossom Porridge Apricot blossoms can nourish the middle, benefit Qi, dispel wind, promote blood circulation, and beautify the skin. Cook apricot blossoms to make porridge, leveraging the rice to fully absorb the effective ingredients that inhibit the activity of tyrosinase in skin cells, preventing the formation of acne and black spots.
