Nutritious Congee Recipes

Summer Spleen-Strengthening Porridges
TCM says spleen controls dampness, summer's main qi. Hot weather with sweating reduces digestive fluids and function, causing poor appetite and fatigue. Summer dietary therapy focuses on strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness, opening appetite. Porridge replenishes fluids while protecting spleen-stomach.
Roasted Ginger & Atractylodes Porridge: Roasted ginger 6g, atractylodes 15g, glutinous rice 30g, Sichuan pepper and star anise. Wrap herbs, simmer 20 minutes, add rice. Warms middle and strengthens spleen. For spleen-stomach cold deficiency with loose stools, abdominal distension, limb weakness.
Chinese Yam & Rice Porridge: Chinese yam 100g, slice. Cook with rice 100g to porridge. Yam is both herb and vegetable, benefits kidney qi, strengthens spleen, stops diarrhea, transforms phlegm, moistens skin.
Hyacinth Bean & Lotus Leaf Porridge: White hyacinth bean 50g, rock sugar 30g, lotus leaf 1, rice 50g. Boil bean, add rice until soft, add lotus leaf and sugar for 20 minutes. Clears summer heat, eliminates dampness, harmonizes stomach, benefits intestines. For summer cold, heavy limbs, loose stools, bitter taste, yellow urine.
Red Bean Porridge: Red bean 50g, rice 200g. Boil bean, add rice to porridge. Season with salt and MSG. Strengthens spleen and promotes urination. For spleen deficiency with limb weakness, edema, beriberi.
Coix Seed Porridge: Coix seed 50g, sugar 15g. Cook to thin porridge. Clears heat and eliminates dampness. For dampness trapping spleen with bitter sticky taste.