Japonica rice has some antihypertensive and lipid-lowering effects.

"Japonica rice and indica rice is the most common in our country, the most common two kinds of rice, Japonica rice grain is short and wide, oval, so it is also known as the "fat boy rice", common crystal rice, northeastern rice, pearl rice and so on.

Cooked viscous oil are large, soft and tasty, but steaming rice out of the rice rate is relatively low.? [3]? Japonica rice according to the harvest season, divided into early Japonica rice and late Japonica rice. Early Japonica rice is translucent, belly white larger, less hard grain. The quality of the rice is poor. Late Japonica rice is white or wax white, small belly white, more hard grain.

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Li Shizhen said: Japonica rice harvested in June and July for the early Japonica, can only be used to feed the hungry, August and September harvested for the late Japonica, October harvested for the late Japonica. Cold climate in the north, Japonica more cool, August and September can be collected into the medicine. The southern climate is hot, Japonica sex more warm, only October late rice cool can be used in medicine.

Rice is divided into indica, japonica and glutinous rice three categories. Japonica rice processed from the rice that is Japonica rice, more oval-shaped grains. According to the different harvest season, japonica rice can be divided into early japonica rice and late japonica rice. Various types of rice according to its processing accuracy is divided into a rice, rice, rice, rice, three, four rice. Rice processing accuracy refers to the degree of rice grain back groove and grain surface to leave skin.

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