Rice water: main benefits (and how to prepare it)

Rice water is an excellent home remedy to treat diarrhea in all ages, including babies, as it is able to regulate the intestine and prevent dehydration. 

In addition, it also has other benefits, since rice water provides B and E complex vitamins, amino acids, minerals and antioxidants, which help take care of the skin, hair and provide various nutrients to our body, being very easy to prepare and use at home.

See how to treat diarrhea in babies.

Rice water: main benefits (and how to prepare it)

Main benefits

The benefits of ingesting rice water could be:

  • Combat diarrhea thanks to its high content of electrolytes that prevent dehydration. In addition, it helps to reduce its duration, because it exerts a binding effect on the digestive system, forming firmer and bulkier stools;
  • Regulate intestinal transit, because it improves and facilitates digestion, reducing bowel movements, thus combating diarrhea;
  • Prevent premature aging, because rice water has inositol, a substance that helps maintain the health of cells in general, because it is part of their membranes;
  • Protect the skin, against the sun’s rays, because it provides a potent antioxidant called aminobenzoic acid, and some studies even suggest that it could perhaps prevent melanoma, a type of skin cancer;
  • Take care of hair health, due to the fact that inositol repairs damage to the strands, protecting it from aggressor substances, such as UV rays or pollution, thus favoring its growth in a healthy way;
  • Provide nutrients, mainly when sick, to avoid dehydration and favor recovery.

    • To prepare rice water it is not necessary to have any special ingredients and it can be prepared at home easily, taking advantage of the water directly from the rice pot with which you are going to prepare your day to day food.

    How to prepare rice water

    Ingredients:

  • 1.5 liters of water;
  • 50 g of rice.

    • How to prepare:

    Let the rice soak in the water for 10 minutes. Drink 3 glasses of this whitish water throughout the day.

    In cases of diarrhea, drink 1 liter of this water per day, it should be prepared daily. 

    For hair, once washed with shampoo and rinse, rice water should be placed and massaged into the scalp. Leave on for 5 minutes and rinse with plenty of water. 

    See some tips on what to eat when you have diarrhea to make it heal faster:

    The doctor should evaluate the cause of the diarrhea, and if deemed necessary, may prescribe some medication to stop it. See what these medicines are.

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