Coix and Adzuki Bean Congee

• Coix seed (yimi) 20g
• Adzuki beans 10g
• Rice 50g
• Dried tangerine peel pieces 3g (optional)

Coix strengthens spleen and drains damp; adzuki promotes urination and removes damp—2:1 ratio as congee; add tangerine peel near the end to move qi and transform phlegm. Emphasizes draining damp for fatty liver on a spleen-deficiency damp obstruction constitution.

Suitable for phlegm-damp constitution fatty liver with heaviness, thick greasy tongue coating, and sticky stools (syndrome differentiation required).

1. Soak coix and adzuki 2 hours.
2. Cook with rice until congee forms.
3. Add tangerine peel and cook briefly before serving.

• Eat warm as breakfast or part of staples; count toward daily staple intake.

Sun Li, Nanning Seventh People’s Hospital (Guangzhou Health News); 39 Health Net “homemade fatty liver medicated diet.” To be manually verified.

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