Mung Bean and Loquat Leaf Congee

Why people make this congee

Rosacea (a red, flushed nose) isn’t only a drinker’s complaint — research suggests people with very active oil glands are more prone to it, and some cases come from a follicle mite that dilates the tiny blood vessels of the nose. Living somewhere with poor sanitation can invite that mite; a medicated cream often helps those cases, while redness from drinking or overactive oil glands is harder to settle. On the food-therapy side, Nourilo suggests a congee made with mung beans and loquat leaf, traditionally used to clear lung heat and cool the blood, to help ease the appearance of rosacea.