Ingredients

  • Fresh Portulaca 90g (or 30g dried)
  • Coix seeds 50g
  • 100g japonica rice

Principle

Portulaca has a cold acid, which clears heat and detoxicates, cools blood and stops diarrhea; coix seeds invigorate the spleen and dampness, and japonica rice nourishes the stomach. All-round heat clearing and detoxification, dehumidification and diarrhea, for diarrhea caused by dampness and heat in the colon.

Effects & uses

Suitable for people who have diarrhea after feeling epidemic poison, or acute enteritis is hot and poisonous, see diarrhea, stool viscosity, abdominal pain, acute posterior severe, anal burning (need to be differentiated).

Method

  1. Portulaca is washed and cut into small pieces.
  2. Wash the coix seeds and japonica rice, and add water to cook the porridge.
  3. When the porridge is ready, add the portulaca and cook it slightly.

How to use

  • Take in the morning and evening, eat warm; japonica rice is included in the total staple food.

Caution

It is not advisable for the spleen and stomach to be deficient and cold, and the stools are not formed. It is not recommended for pregnant women and lactation. High fever, bloody stools, and severe dehydration should be treated promptly. Daily dietary prescriptions are not a substitute for medication.

Source

Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine "Chinese Medicine Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of the Digestive Tract"; Chinese Medicine Information Query Platform Portulaca mung bean porridge ("Diet Therapy" formula). To be manually verified.

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