Mung bean, lily and barley soup

Overview

The mild heat and the severe heat, steaming and boiling, sauna days are coming, and I caught a cold in the air-conditioned room. I made a pot of mung bean, lily and barley soup to get rid of the dampness and coldness. Mung bean has a sweet and cool taste, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification; lily moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears the heart and calms the nerves, nourishes the body and qi, clears away heat and diuresis, clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding, strengthens the spleen and stomach; barley is a commonly used diuretic and dampness medicine because of its functions of diuresis and swelling, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and pus.

Tags

• soups
• barley
• lily
• mung beans
• rock sugar
• wolfberry

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the raw materials and soak them in water;

   

2. 2 After the water in the casserole boils, add mung beans and barley;

   

3. 3 Cook until mung beans and barley bloom slightly;

   

4. 4 Add lily and rock sugar and cook for another 15 minutes.