How long does it take to fry barley?

Job's tears need to be fried before they can be eaten. First of all, job's tears are a cold food ingredient and are not suitable for women with cold constitutions. Long-term consumption will cause dysmenorrhea, so frying the job's tears can avoid damage to the spleen and stomach and reduce the coldness of the job's tears. The effects of fried coix seed are the same as those of uncooked coix seed, and it is more important to the health of the body, so everyone should pay attention to it.

Why should barley be fried?

Because coix seed is cold in nature, and women's physique is inherently cold, it may be okay to eat it for one or two months, but if you consume this food for a long time, it will not only be bad for your stomach, but will also cause problems such as irregular menstruation. So it is better to fry the coix seed. Fried coix seed is much milder and better for the spleen and stomach. If you eat unfried coix seeds for a long time, it will damage your spleen and vitality, which is not good for your body.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, it is more recommended to fry the coix seeds. The fried coix seeds lose their biased nature and taste, and become milder. They have the effect of strengthening the spleen and will not affect the body if consumed for a long time. Fried coix seeds can remove dampness and are suitable for the general population, especially for people with cold spleen and stomach. Because fried barley is no longer cold, it will not aggravate the coldness of the spleen and stomach. For people with cold spleen and stomach, eating fried barley can not only remove dampness and heat without harming the spleen and stomach, but also has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, so it is very suitable for consumption. However, if raw coix seed is eaten, it is not suitable for people with cold spleen and stomach.

Is it better to fry barley or not?

Is it better to fry or not fry coix seeds? In the short term, there is no absolute answer, because the effects of fried coix seeds and raw coix seeds are different. Each has its own benefits. The key is to treat the symptoms:

1. The efficacy of raw coix seed

Raw coix seed tastes sweet and is slightly cold in nature. It enters the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians. It is most effective in promoting diuresis and removing dampness. It can remove dampness and wind, clear away heat and discharge pus, eliminate numbness and relieve pain. It has significant effects on urinary problems, edema, athlete's foot, and rheumatic pain.

2. The efficacy of fried coix seed

To stir-fry Job's tears, take the clean Job's tears and stir-fry them over low heat until they turn slightly yellow and puff up, then take them out and let them cool. They will have slightly burnt spots and a slight fragrance. Among the methods of brewing traditional Chinese medicine, there is also a method of stir-frying the medicine with wheat bran, which is called fried coix seed with bran. After the pan is hot, sprinkle in wheat bran, the amount is one tenth of the coix seed. When it is heated until smoking, add clean coix seed. Fry until the surface turns yellow and bulges, then take it out, sift out the wheat bran and let it cool. It will have a slight aroma. This aroma can be divided into fried yellow, fried burnt and fried charcoal according to the degree of frying of the Chinese medicine. Stir-frying until the herbs turn yellow means frying them over a low fire until they release their inherent aroma, or until they swell or burst. Frying until yellow can alleviate the excessive effects of the medicine. At the same time, the aroma it emits can also help regulate qi and relieve depression. Fried coix seed is much milder and better for the spleen and stomach.

For example, some people are prone to diarrhea, and coix seed can treat diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency. Often cooking coix seed soup and drinking it has no effect. That is because raw coix seed is used, which is cool in nature. If you use fried coix seed to cook porridge or take a spoonful to make tea, the effect will be different. Moreover, the spleen-strengthening effect of coix seed fried with bran is more prominent than that of simply fried coix seed.

Of course, in the long run, it is more recommended to fry the coix seeds.

Can fried barley still remove dampness?

It can also remove dampness. Whether coix seed is fried or not, it has the effect of removing dampness and heat.

The spleen-strengthening effect of fried coix seed is stronger than that of raw coix seed, but its diuretic and dampness-removing function is indeed not as strong as that of raw coix seed, and it is neutral or even slightly warm after frying.

How long to fry barley?

Buy coix seeds from the supermarket, pick them out and remove the bad ones. Prepare an iron pan without oil, put it on the fire, adjust the heat to the lowest setting, and directly put the selected coix seeds into the pan. Stir with chopsticks until the coix seeds turn golden brown in part and taste it to see if they are cooked. The whole process takes about 20 minutes.