The chaff is rice skin.
Brown rice can be decomposed into epidermis 5%, embryo 3% and endosperm 92%, that is, rice bran (or cereal sugar = epidermis+embryo) accounts for 8% and polished rice accounts for 92%. But the nutrients contained in it are the opposite. The content of vitamins and citric acid in epidermis is 29%, in germ is 66%, in rice bran, and in endosperm is 5%. In other words, 95% of the nutrition is in rice bran, and people who only eat polished rice throw away 95% of the nutrition.
The chaff used as medicine refers to rice bran. Chinese medicine generally uses rice bran underwear, which is called "pestle bran" or "Cooper skin". Generally, "pestle chaff" is the main internal medicine, and chaff skin is used less.
Bran contains a lot of vitamins and trace elements, which has good health care, disease prevention and treatment effects on human body. For example, substances such as vitamin B and citric acid contained in chaff can help people absorb calcium from food and have anti-aging effects. Vitamin B and vitamin E can also help the human body digest and absorb various nutrients in food. The nutritional component of rice bran is oryzanol, which has a good brain-strengthening effect and can also regulate the autonomic nerve function. Treat neurosis and other diseases. Triglyceride, free fatty acid, ferulic acid, lipoprotein, vitamin B, vitamin E, phytate, pentacarbonic acid, hexacarbonic acid, glucose, cellulose, etc. Rice bran contains all the substances needed by human body. Therefore, chaff has the effects of tonifying kidney and brain, nourishing blood and moistening dryness. The chaff is sweet in taste, flat in nature and partial in invigorating qi. Bran contains a lot of cellulose, which can promote defecation, enhance human metabolism and promote blood circulation. Rice bran is not stagnant, warm but not dry, which may enhance human immune function and achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
Rice bran can enhance the natural healing ability of human body.
Pay attention to freshness when eating bran. The removed chaff will gradually oxidize when placed. Fresh bran can be fried in a week, not too much. If it's burnt, it won't taste good. Just fry for two or three minutes.
Pay attention to the right amount when eating bran. How much bran you eat at a time depends on how much polished rice you eat at a time. How much polished rice you eat, you must eat the bran brought by these polished rice, so as to achieve the same effect as eating brown rice. If you eat 1 bowl of rice, you can eat 2 teaspoons of chaff.
Rice bran is also an important filling material for pillows, which is widely used in traditional rural areas. At present, washed buckwheat shells, worry-free grass, Ligustrum lucidum and other plants are used as substitutes.