Blood glutinous rice, also called purple rice, is a kind of crop and a relatively precious rice variety. Purple rice has uniform particles, purple-black color and sweet taste, which is sweet but not greasy. ? Black glutinous rice is called "black pearl", a rice plant with purple seed coat. Because of its waxy quality, it is also called blood glutinous rice.

Fake blood glutinous rice is made of inferior rice and dyed with purple pigment. The most obvious difference is that after soaking in water, the water quality turns red faster than the genuine blood glutinous rice. After washing several times, the original shape of white rice will be revealed, and the red seed coat will not appear after cooking.

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So generally speaking, the nutritional value of black glutinous rice is much higher than that of white glutinous rice. Compared with white glutinous rice, black glutinous rice is helpful for pregnant women to nourish postpartum weakness, increase milk and breastfeed their babies.

Black glutinous rice not only has a good nourishing effect on lying-in women, but also is a good nutritional tonic for patients with chronic diseases, convalescent patients and people with physical weakness. Therefore, over the years, it has become a treasure of local farmers, especially ethnic minorities, for festivals and gifts.

It should be noted that blood glutinous rice is thick and easy to produce phlegm, so people with fever, cough, yellow and thick phlegm and poor gastrointestinal function should not eat more.

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