Sprouted Flour?

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I use grains medicinally in a limited way. My Chinese herbalist often tells

me to eat congee, which is a rice soup. I believe it is warming and good for

the digestion. I was told to make it rice: water about a 1: 5 ratio, cooked

with scallions or leeks and ginger. I frankly don't care for congee at all

but he told me to just consider it medicine, which made sense to me since

most of the herbal preparations he puts together for me taste much worse.

Recently I did make a pot of congee and it did have a very beneficial effect

on my digestion and immune system.

 

I've also been told by him and my previous (now deceased) TCM practitioner

to cook barley with my rice to remove " dampness " from my system. This is the

kind of barley sold in Chinatown and in health food stores known as " Job's

tears. "

 

Fran