Xinxian County is one of the main chestnut producing areas, with an existing planting area of 320,000 mu and an annual output of180,000 Jin, which is the highest in Henan. Chestnut has extremely high nutritional value and medicinal value, and eating chestnut can "replenish qi, thicken stomach, tonify kidney qi and fight hunger". Raw food can "cure bones and muscles, strengthen waist and feet"

tea leaves

Xinxian County has a long history of growing tea and is a tea production base county. The existing tea garden covers an area of 6.5438+0.2 million mu, and the county's annual output of dry tea is 2 million kilograms, including dozens of varieties such as Maojian tea, fried green tea, Longjing tea, scented tea, black tea and steamed green tea. Xinyang Maojian tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China. Maojian tea is compact, round, thin and straight, fragrant, clear in soup color and mellow in taste. Mainly sold to Huainan pigs in Malaysia, Singapore and other countries.

Huainan pig is one of the famous local excellent pig breeds in China. In 2004, Xinxian County passed the national Huainan pig origin mark registration.

The pig producing areas in Huainan are mainly concentrated in Xinxian, Shangcheng, Luoshan, Guangshan, Gushi, Huaibin, Huangchuan, Xixian and Pingqiao counties in the south of the upper reaches of Huaihe River, and some counties in Zhumadian and Fuyang in Anhui Province are also distributed in small quantities. However, since the 1970s, due to the introduction of foreign pig breeds such as Duroc, Changbai and Yorkshire, the distribution area of Huainan pigs has been reduced to some towns in Xinxian County and its surrounding counties.

Huainan pig belongs to the type of "Huanghuaihai Black Pig" in North China, which can be divided into "straight mouth with big ears" and "sharp mouth with small ears" according to the head type. Medium-sized, with black fur and strong limbs; The body weight and body length of six-month-old boars were 5 1. 1㎏ and 108.4㎏, and those of sows were 53.4㎏ and 108.4㎏, respectively.

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Also known as bitter tea, it has high economic value and wide uses. Tea oil is nutritious and delicious. It can neutralize blood cholesterol and lower blood pressure, and can also be used as industrial oil. Xinxian Camellia oleifera has a history of more than 400 years, and now it has grown to 80,000 mu, with an annual output of 800,000 kg in Ge Fen. It is a white powder extracted from the tuber of pueraria lobata. Ge Fen is a delicious medicated diet.

Pueraria lobata, also known as Pueraria lobata and Pueraria lobata, belongs to Pueraria of Leguminosae. It is a wild perennial herb with creeping stems and thick roots, which is called pueraria lobata.

Generally speaking, Pueraria lobata is the tuber of this plant, a new green and healthy longevity food, and a best-selling export product. Plant varieties listed in the third batch of "homology of medicine and food" approved by the Ministry of Health of China.

Xinxian County is the hinterland of Dabie Mountain. Pueraria lobata grows in general mountainous areas. The rope in people's daily life is made of kudzu vine. Pueraria lobata in Xinxian County has high powder content, white color and pure taste. Farmers generally collect their own grain, and some of them are processed and sold. Ge Fen is also a specialty of Xinxian County.

Pueraria lobata contains three main components: isoflavones, starch and dietary fiber.

Isoflavones have obvious effects on enhancing immunity, preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and lowering blood sugar. It has special effects on coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, sudden deafness and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people, and has health care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat, relieving alcoholism and relaxing bowels. It is an ideal green and healthy food. Fresh pueraria lobata also contains about 20% high-quality starch, but for a long time, flavonoids and starch in pueraria lobata have not been effectively separated and comprehensively utilized, resulting in a great waste of pueraria lobata resources. It is of great practical significance to rationally develop and utilize Pueraria lobata resources, change resource advantages into economic advantages, and realize optimal allocation and comprehensive utilization of resources.

Ge Fen (root) has four ways to eat:

First, eating raw, as mentioned above, drinking with cold water has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst;

Second, cooked food, cooked with boiling water, is conducive to the exercise of patients, maternity, children and the elderly.

The third is to cut the newly dug fresh kudzu root into pieces and stew it with the pork sitting on the plate, which is a great tonic.

Fourthly, Ge Fen is used to make jiaozi or steamed buns.

Ge Fen's general way of eating:

It is to dissolve pueraria lobata powder with a little cold boiling water, then pour it into boiling water and keep stirring until it becomes transparent. If the water is not enough, you have to cook it on the fire and cook it like lotus root starch before eating.

Health care function in Ge Fen:

Ge Fen hangover: After drinking, a protective film can be formed in the stomach to prevent alcohol damage and detoxify.

Ge Fen drops three highs: hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are commonly called "three highs". According to the authoritative report of Traditional Chinese Medicine in state administration of traditional chinese medicine, the role of wild Ge Fen in reducing "three highs" is very obvious. Therefore, for those "three highs" people who can't pass the scene without drinking, the Dionysian companion made of 100% wild Ge Fen is undoubtedly a great blessing.

Ge Fen Health Care: Ge Fen has achieved remarkable results in enhancing immunity, preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and lowering blood sugar. It has special effects on coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, sudden deafness and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people, and has health care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat, relieving alcoholism and relaxing bowels. It is an ideal green and healthy food.

Ge Fen Beauty Breast Enhancement: Pueraria lobata is a dual-purpose product published by the Ministry of Health of China, and it is also recognized by the world medical community as a sacred product rich in natural estrogen and without side effects. It is suitable for women to apply at home and plays an important role in women's beauty, fitness and physiological maintenance. Ge Fen is a protein and colloid for breast enhancement, which has the function of regulating menstruation in order to make the body transition by eating pueraria tablets; Tablets can promote the secretion of estrogen in the body, so powder and tablets have the best effect in breast enhancement. Pueraria lobata breast enhancement therapy is particularly popular among Thai women and spread in Europe and America.