Glutinous rice, also known as glutinous rice, is often used to make flavor snacks because of its sweet and sticky taste, which is deeply loved by everyone. Glutinous rice contains nutrients such as protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B2 and rich starch.

In addition, glutinous rice has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, nourishing stomach, strengthening spleen, strengthening exterior surface, stopping sweating, stopping diarrhea, preventing miscarriage, detoxicating and healing sore, and can be used for treating stomach pain due to deficiency of cold, gastric and duodenal ulcer, diabetes, spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency, acne and carbuncle.

There are round and long glutinous rice, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time.

Glutinous rice can be divided into round glutinous rice and long glutinous rice. Long glutinous rice is indica rice with slender grains, white and opaque color and strong viscosity. Another round glutinous rice belongs to japonica glutinous rice, which is round and short in shape, white and opaque, sweet and greasy in taste, and slightly less sticky than long glutinous rice. Suitable for making zongzi, fermented glutinous rice, glutinous rice balls, rice, etc. Glutinous rice food should be eaten after heating, and should be used with caution by the elderly, children or patients. Glutinous rice cakes, whether sweet or salty, are high in carbohydrates and sodium.

Nutritional efficacy of glutinous rice

Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, starch and so on. It is nutritious, and it is a kind of food for warming and strengthening the body. It has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and stopping sweating, and has certain relieving effects on weakness of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea.

Glutinous rice is sweet and warm, and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians; Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, invigorating spleen, nourishing stomach, and stopping sweating. It is suitable for nausea, anorexia, diarrhea, hyperhidrosis, shortness of breath and abdominal distension during pregnancy caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, and is suitable for people with tuberculosis, neurasthenia and postpartum. Glutinous rice also has astringent effect and has a good therapeutic effect on frequent urination and spontaneous sweating.