Porridge Helps Combat Autumn Dryness
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge One] Pear Porridge
Use two pears, wash thoroughly, chop with skin and core, add 100 grams of glutinous rice, and cook into porridge. It has effects of generating body fluids, moistening dryness, clearing heat, and resolving phlegm, and can also serve as a health-promoting food in autumn.
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge Two] White Fungus Porridge
Soak 5–10 grams of white fungus until expanded, add 100 grams of glutinous rice and 3–5 jujubes, and cook into porridge. White fungus is sweet and bland in taste, neutral in nature, and has functions of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, nourishing the stomach, and generating body fluids.
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge Three] Lily Porridge
Use 60 grams of fresh lily and appropriate ice sugar, add 100 grams of glutinous rice to cook into porridge. It clears the heart and moistens the lungs, suitable for residual heat after febrile illness, and symptoms like anxiety and palpitations.
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge Four] Sesame Porridge
Wash and dry black sesame seeds, roast and grind into powder. Take 30 grams per serving, combine with 100 grams of glutinous rice to cook into porridge. Sesame can moisten the five zang organs and supplement deficiency.
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge Five] Ophiopogon Porridge
Use 20–30 grams of Ophiopogon, decoct into juice, then cook 100 grams of glutinous rice until half-done, add the Ophiopogon juice and appropriate ice sugar to finish cooking. Ophiopogon nourishes yin and generates body fluids, effective for lung dryness, dry cough, and scant phlegm.
[Moisture-Prevention Porridge Six] Chrysanthemum Porridge
Decoct 50 grams of chrysanthemum into juice, then cook with 100 grams of glutinous rice into porridge. It clears summer heat, dispels wind-heat, clears liver fire, and improves eyesight. It shows moderate effectiveness against autumn wind-heat colds, irritability, dry throat, and eye redness and swelling.