Imperata Root and Adzuki Bean Congee
Ingredients
- Fresh imperata root (maogen) 200g
- Adzuki bean 50g
- Poria 30g
- Japonica rice 100g
Principle
Maogen clears heat, promotes urination, cools blood, and stops bleeding; adzuki drains damp and resolves toxins; poria strengthens spleen and drains damp. Clears heat and drains damp for poor appetite, distension, and loose stools from spleen-stomach damp-heat.
Effects & uses
For spleen-stomach damp-heat with poor appetite, distension, loose stools; also enteritis with internal damp-heat (syndrome differentiation required).
Method
- Rinse fresh maogen; decoct half an hour and remove dregs.
- Rinse adzuki beans; cook in maogen water until about 60–70% done.
- Add rice; continue to finished congee.
How to use
- Eat in divided doses over the day.
Caution
Not for spleen-stomach deficiency cold. Daily food-care only; not a substitute for medication.
Source
Hunan Provincial Administration of TCM TCM Prevention and Treatment Plan for Digestive Infectious Diseases. To be manually verified.