"Brown sugar is a type of brown sugar, but they are not the same thing. Brown sugar is black in color, while brown sugar is reddish in color. Brown sugar is processed from sugarcane, which prompts the sugarcane juice to produce Meladin pigments during processing, as well as oxidizing the phenolic pigments. Brown sugar, on the other hand, is a mixture of fructose, glucose, molasses, vitamins and other substances within the sugarcane into a multiple sugar, retaining a variety of nutrients. Postpartum female patients who are on their monthly cycle can drink brown sugar to help the discharge of bad dew. Patients with anemia, children, and elderly frail patients can drink brown sugar to regulate breath, benefit qi and nourish blood.