buckwheat (scientific name: Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.), alias: sweet buckwheat, black wheat, triangle wheat, etc.; Annual herb. The stem is erect, 3-9 cm high, branched on the upper part, green or red, with longitudinal edges, glabrous or papillate on one side along the longitudinal edges. The leaves are triangular or ovate-triangular, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, the top is tapered, the base is heart-shaped, and both sides have papillae along the veins.

Buckwheat is a short-term crop, which likes to be cool and moist, and is not resistant to high temperature, drought and wind and frost. Buckwheat is distributed in most parts of China, and also in Asian and European countries.

Buckwheat is sweet and cool, which can stimulate appetite, broaden intestines, and relieve qi stagnation. Treating strangulation, gastrointestinal stagnation and chronic diarrhea; At the same time, buckwheat can also be used to make noodles, hele, bean jelly and other foods.

nutrition

buckwheat has a low gluten content, and the main protein is globulin. Buckwheat contains high lysine content and low methionine content in essential amino acids, and the amino acid pattern can be complementary to major cereals (such as wheat, corn and rice) with low lysine content.

the carbohydrate of buckwheat is mainly starch. Compared with other cereals, it is easy to cook, digest and process because of its fine particles.

Buckwheat is rich in dietary fiber, and its content is 1 times that of ordinary refined rice. Buckwheat contains more trace elements such as iron, manganese and zinc than ordinary grains.

B vitamins, vitamin E, chromium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, lysine, amino acids, fatty acids, linoleic acid, nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid, rutin, etc.

medicinal

taste: sweet and cool.

① Qian Jin Shi Zhi; It tastes sour, slightly cold and non-toxic.

② Jia You Ben Cao: sweet in taste, mild in cold and nontoxic.

③ Diet Spectrum of Living with Interest: sweet and warm.

meridian tropism: entering spleen, stomach and large intestine.

① "Depei Materia Medica": entering the meridian of Da Yin and Yang Ming.

② seeking truth from materia medica: entering the intestine and stomach.

③ Rejuvenation of Materia Medica: Entering the Spleen and Lung Meridians.

Function indications

Appetizing appetite, widening intestines, lowering qi and resolving food stagnation. Treat stranguria, gastrointestinal stagnation, chronic diarrhea, dysentery at the mouth, erysipelas, carbuncle, carbuncle, scrofula, and burn caused by soup and fire.

① Meng Meng: it can strengthen the stomach, replenish qi, maintain the spirit, and refine the five internal organs and filth.

② 《 Compendium 》: reduce qi, widen intestine, grind stagnation, eliminate heat, swell wind and pain, remove white turbid leucorrhea, and accumulate spleen for diarrhea.

③ compendium of materia medica: relieving hangover.

④ Anhui Medicinal Materials: Treating gonorrhea.

⑤ "Illustrated Book of Medicinal Plants in China": Cold sweat can be restrained.