Babao refers to eight ingredients used in porridge cooking: sorghum rice, corn kernels, millet, adzuki beans, yellow rice, red dates, black rice, coix seed and other foods. The ingredients used in different regions are also different. This selection is the method of making Laba porridge in rural areas in the north, and it is for reference only.
husked kaoliang
Sorghum rice has the effects of harmonizing stomach, resolving food stagnation, warming middle warmer, astringing stomach, stopping cholera, cooling blood and detoxifying. Sorghum husk contains tannins with astringent taste, which hinders human digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, when grinding sorghum rice, the husk should be cleaned and soaked in water to improve the taste and reduce the impact on human body.
niblet
Corn is a kind of coarse grains. Like other coarse grains, it is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation, be beneficial to intestinal health and play an important role in preventing rectal cancer.
millet
Millet is a common coarse grain, which is rich in nutritional value and suitable for cooking porridge. Millet is rich in protein, inorganic salts, starch and trace elements such as calcium, iron and iodine.
red bean
Adzuki bean is a medicinal adzuki bean. In North China and Central China, adzuki bean, which belongs to the same genus, is used as medicine. Has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and dispersing pathogenic blood. It has strong antibacterial effect and can be used as an auxiliary treatment for diseases such as sores and toxins.
glutinous millet
Yellow rice is originally a kind of grain in the north. According to the dictionary, it is the fruit of millet without shell. It is slightly larger than millet, yellowish in color and sticky after cooking. Yellow rice is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, zinc, copper and manganese, and has the effects of benefiting yin, lung and large intestine.
red date
Jujube is a well-known artifact for enriching blood and invigorating qi, but its effects are far more than these. Different eating methods have many different effects. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica that "Jujube is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, nourish blood, promote fluid production, soothe the nerves and help sleep, and is used to treat spleen weakness and qi and blood deficiency". It can be seen that the efficacy and role of red dates can not be underestimated.
black kerneled rice
Black rice helps to eliminate free radicals in the body and has the effect of delaying aging. If black rice is matched with red beans, the effect may be better. Black rice is also a common food, which has both medicinal and edible value, and emperors of all dynasties also regard it as a palace health treasure. Judging from the nutritional components of black rice, it is rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other nutrients. Besides, it also contains some functional components, such as chlorophyll, anthocyanin and carotene.
seed of Job's tears
Coix lachryma-jobi seed is rich in carbohydrates, the main components of which are starch and sugar, and it also contains nutrients such as fat, protein, coix lachryma-jobi ester, leucine, alanine, vitamin B 1, etc. Coix seed can inhibit the proliferation of pain cells and can be eaten by people with various malignant tumors. It can also promote metabolism and reduce gastrointestinal burden; It is also beneficial to the effects of water infiltration, spleen strengthening, arthralgia removal, heat clearing and pus discharge.
Eight-treasure porridge has many effects, such as improving eyesight, benefiting liver, strengthening spleen, regulating stomach, tonifying kidney, moistening intestine, caring skin, nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, and can be used as daily health-preserving and bodybuilding food.