Corn, that is, millet.

Performance: Corn is sweet, salty, cool in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. Its ingredients include protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins (B1, B2), niacin, and starch. The proteins include gluten, gliadin, and globulin. Seed protein contains glutamic acid, proline, alanine, methionine, etc. It can be seen that millet is rich in nutrients. Its functions: ① Replenish the spleen and stomach, treat indigestion, diarrhea, limb weakness and other symptoms. ② Nourishes stomach yin and clears away heat due to stomach yin deficiency. It can cure thirst, thirst, hunger, and diabetes due to stomach yin deficiency and heat.

Notes and Taboos ① This product is best with full, substantial grains and fresh color. Moldy and spoiled food is not suitable for eating. ② Eating this product together with almonds may cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Recipe and usage

(1) Corn brown sugar porridge: Wash 100 grams of corn, put it in a casserole, add water to cook the porridge, and add an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Eat after the rice is cooked. It is suitable for replenishing the weak, or for replenishing Qi and blood deficiency after childbirth.

(2) Corn, yam, and jujube porridge: 50 to 100 grams of corn, 15 to 20 grams of yam, and 5 to 10 jujubes. Wash the corn and yam, remove the pits from the jujubes, cook porridge and eat. This porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach and replenishing qi and blood. Suitable for diarrhea due to weak spleen and stomach and tonic for those with insufficient Qi and blood.

(3) Corn and yam paste: equal amounts of corn and yam, stir-fry until yellow, grind into fine powder, add water to cook into paste, add sugar, and eat. Suitable for children's nursing care or indigestion in children.