The pinyin of "corn" is: yù mǐ.

Corn yù mǐ: also known as "corn", "pearl rice" and "baogu". Monocotyledonous plants, Gramineae. Annual herb. The stems are thick and jointed, and the leaves are long and wide. Caryopses come in yellow, white, red, purple and other colors. Native to South America, it is a global food crop. High nutritional value. The seeds are edible and can also be used to make starch, alcohol, etc. Stems, leaves and ears can be used as feed.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that corn is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, dehumidifying, and diuresis. Therefore, it can assist in the treatment of dysuria, diabetes, hypertension, diarrhea, indigestion, edema, and hyperlipidemia. syndrome, constipation and other diseases. A study by the German Nutrition and Health Association has a more clear conclusion: among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and the best therapeutic effect.

Corn is not only people's rations and the "king of feed", but also an important industrial raw material that can be processed into more than 3,000 industrial products. my country's corn industry processing has developed rapidly, and the corn consumed has increased significantly, which has had a significant impact on the balance of corn supply and demand and the circulation pattern of corn in my country and the world.