The efficacy and contraindications of Job's tears and red bean soup

Job's tears and red bean is a common health-care soup. It has the effect of clearing away heat and quenching thirst. Drinking some of it appropriately in summer can also remove dampness. If you use cooked job's tears to make red bean soup, it can also warm the stomach. Of course, when eating job's tears and red bean soup, you should be aware of some taboos. Pregnant women should not drink it, and women who are menstruating should also not drink it.

Benefits of Barley and Red Bean Soup

Adzuki bean contains more saponins, which can stimulate the intestines, so it has a good diuretic effect, can sober up and detoxify, and is beneficial for heart disease, kidney disease, and edema; Job's tears contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can promote metabolism and reduce gastrointestinal burden, and can be used as a tonic food for weak patients during or after illness.

Regular consumption of coix seed foods is also effective for chronic enteritis, indigestion and other diseases. Job's tears can enhance kidney function and have a heat-clearing and diuretic effect, so it is also effective for patients with edema.

Combining coix seed and red bean to make soup can make the effects of both better exert, and it has a good health-care effect. But everyone must pay attention that although this health-preserving soup is suitable for a wide range of people, not everyone can drink it.

For people with poor digestion, the sugar contained in coix seed is more viscous, so eating too much may hinder digestion. People with weak digestion and absorption ability should try to eat less or no coix seed and red bean porridge. There are also patients with hyperlipidemia. Although coix seed has the function of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar, it is only a health food after all and cannot be used as a medicine. Therefore, patients with symptoms of hyperlipidemia are best to seek medical treatment, and must not treat it on their own by consuming barley and red bean porridge.

Taboos of Barley and Red Bean Soup

Pregnant women cannot drink red bean and coix seed soup. If pregnant women do not feel that the dampness is very heavy, it is best not to eat coix seed, because coix seed has a cold nature. However, red beans can be eaten. Instead of coix seed, red beans can be used with jujube, lily, wolfberry and other ingredients and cooked into porridge to remove dampness and even have other effects.

Women during menstruation should also avoid drinking red bean and coix seed soup, because coix seed will make the body cold and weak, and people with weak and cold constitution are not suitable for long-term consumption, so women during menstruation should avoid eating it. In addition, people who sweat less and suffer from constipation should not eat too much barley and red bean porridge.