Millet is sweet and mellow, cool in nature, enters the kidney, spleen and stomach meridians, and has the effects of clearing heat and quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and removing dampness, and calming stomach and sleeping. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that millet is the most ideal tonic for the elderly who are weak, weak in spleen and stomach and lack of qi and blood.

Xiaomi porridge is full of nutrition and has the effect of nourishing the stomach. When you have no appetite or poor appetite, Xiaomi porridge is just an appetizer, so it is also called "the best for nourishing the stomach". Millet has the effect of preventing and treating indigestion.

Millet has the effect of preventing flatulence and vomiting. Millet has the effect of nourishing yin and blood, which can recuperate the constitution of puerpera with deficiency and cold and help them recover their physical strength.

In addition to rich nutrients, the content of tryptophan in millet is the highest in cereals, and tryptophan has the function of regulating sleep. Chinese medicine believes that millet is sweet and salty, and has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and removing dampness, and sleeping with stomach. Cooking porridge with millet and taking it before going to bed can easily make people fall asleep.

Millet nourishes yin, which is an alkaline cereal. People who have soreness or stomach upset can also eat it often. Millet can also relieve bad breath and reduce the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Millet is rich in amino acids to help prevent abortion, antibacterial and prevent female vaginal inflammation.

Millet is helpful for people with diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion and diabetes. If you have diarrhea, you can fry the millet before cooking it. When you have indigestion or vomiting, you can cook it into porridge. If pregnant women feel unwell in the morning or nurse after childbirth, you can cook it into porridge and eat it often.

Millet should be mixed with soybean. This is because the amino acid of millet lacks lysine, while the amino acid of soybean is rich in lysine, which can supplement the deficiency of millet.

Millet porridge should not be too thin. Millet enters the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians, which has the function of strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach, and is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. When cooking millet gruel, when the porridge is cooked, it is cooled and precipitated slightly, and you can see that there is a delicate sticky substance floating on the top layer of porridge, which is porridge oil, which has the effects of protecting gastric mucosa and tonifying spleen and stomach, and is most suitable for patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer.

In particular, the tonic effect of new rice is better than that of old rice. Millet porridge is healthy food. Can be boiled separately, or added with jujube, red beans, sweet potatoes, lotus seeds, lilies, etc., to make nutritional products with different flavors. Millet can be made into cakes by grinding into powder, which is delicious. Boil millet, purple rice, corn gizzard, red beans, mung beans, peanut beans and red dates together until they are thick. This porridge is comprehensive in nutrition, rich in carbohydrates, protein, fat, trace elements and vitamins, and is especially suitable for people with poor appetite, bad stomach and bloody basin.