"How to Make Six Popular Recipes for Blood-Enriching and Beauty-Enhancing Porridge?"
One of the major "enemies" of poor qi and blood circulation is anemia. In women, anemia can manifest as a haggard appearance, pallor, weakness, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, numbness in hands and feet, and a weak pulse, among other symptoms. No matter how good the cosmetics, they cannot conceal these signs. If you wish to combat anemia, consider incorporating the following blood-enriching and beauty-enhancing porridges into your diet!
What are Blood-Enriching and Beauty-Enhancing Porridges?
1. Black Glutinous Rice Blood-Enriching Porridge
Black glutinous rice, longans, and red dates are excellent for replenishing blood. When combined with high-nutrient yams, their effects on nourishing qi and blood become even more pronounced. Wash the black glutinous rice, red dates, longans, and yams, boil them in a pot, and add some brown sugar before serving. This porridge can replenish blood and qi, promote blood circulation, but should not be consumed in excess due to its potential difficulty in digestion. (For those with a cold stomach, adding 2 slices of red ginseng is recommended).
2. Oatmeal Beauty and Blood-Enriching Porridge
Soak walnuts, red dates, and dried longans first. Then wash the oats and cook them in a rice cooker with an appropriate amount of water. Keep an eye on the time, open the lid when the porridge is ready, and stir to prevent sticking. Add some brown sugar before serving.
3. Red Date Porridge
Red dates are warm and sweet, rich in proteins, fats, sugars, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, and various vitamins. They are highly nutritious, and the folk saying goes, "Eat red dates daily, and live a youthful life." Red date porridge is a common recipe for blood-enriching and beauty-enhancing porridges. Use 100g of rice and 50g of red dates. Wash the red dates and soak them in warm water for 20 minutes. After rinsing the rice, add it to a pot with water and cook with the red dates until the rice is soft and the soup is thick. Consume this porridge twice daily, in the morning and evening.
4. Eight-Ingredient Blood-Nourishing Porridge
Ingredients include 200g glutinous rice, 50g coix seed, 30g red beans, 20g red dates, 20g lotus seeds, 20g gorgon fruit seeds, 30g fresh yam (peeled and cut into small pieces), and 15g white hyacinth beans. First, boil the coix seed, red beans, gorgon fruit seeds, and white hyacinth beans in a pot. Then add the glutinous rice, red dates, and lotus seeds. Finally, add the peeled and diced yam and continue cooking until everything is tender. Consume this porridge twice daily for 20 consecutive days.
5. Ginseng Porridge
Use 3g of ginseng (ground into fine powder) and 100g of japonica rice. Rinse the rice and place it in a casserole pot. Add the ginseng powder and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the rice is cooked. Prepare some rock sugar syrup by boiling water with rock sugar. Slowly pour the syrup into the porridge, stirring to mix well, and simmer for a while longer. Consume this porridge on an empty stomach for breakfast. It has a certain effect in treating anemia.
6. Mutton and Goji Berry Porridge
Ingredients include 100g of mutton, 30g of goji berries, 10g of roasted ginger, 15g of red dates, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Cut the mutton into pieces and set aside. Rinse the japonica rice and cook it in a pot with water until it forms a porridge. Once the porridge is ready, add the mutton and rock sugar, and continue cooking until the porridge is thick. Consume this once a day.
