Snake Grass Coix Seed Porridge
[Ingredients] 80g white flower snake tongue grass, 50g water chestnut flour, 50g coix seed.
[Preparation] Wash the white flower snake tongue grass, add 1500ml water, boil rapidly over high heat, then simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and collect the juice; add coix seed and cook until the seeds crack open, then stir in water chestnut flour and cook until fully cooked.
[Usage] Consume in divided portions warm.
[Effects] Clear heat and detoxify, strengthen spleen and promote diuresis. Useful for prostate cancer.
[Comment] White flower snake tongue grass is sweet, bland, slightly cold; it clears heat and detoxifies, promotes urination and relieves dysuria. Modern studies suggest it has anti-tumor effects. Water chestnut flour is sweet and cold; according to "Research Materials on Traditional Chinese Medicine," decoction of water chestnut flour can treat various cancers. Coix seed is sweet, bland, slightly cold, strengthens spleen and removes dampness. Combined, these three herbs have diuretic, detoxifying, anti-cancer, and cancer-preventive properties.