One, the definition of different

1, glutinous rice: glutinous rice, also known as jiangmai, for the gramineous plant rice (glutinous rice) shelled seed kernel. According to the color of the husk, the color of the rice can be divided into red, white, also divided into hairy and hairless. It is cultivated throughout the country.

2, blood glutinous rice: rice with purplish-red seed coat, because the rice is glutinous, so called blood glutinous. Blood glutinous rice after soaking in warm water, the red pigment of the seed coat is dissolved by the water solution, there will be a purplish-red aqueous solution, and the longer it takes, the more intense the red color. After cooking, the red seed coat will be separated from the embryo (rice grain).

Two, the color is different

1, glutinous rice: are white, opaque, long oval, hardness is small. Long seed type: long oval, slightly flat, 4-5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide.

One end is bluntly rounded, the other end is skewed, with traces of embryo shedding. Surface light white, opaque, smooth. The texture is hard, broken flouriness. Steam cooking is extremely tough and glossy. Slight gas, sweet flavor. Round seed type: the seeds are shorter round, 3-4 millimeters long, 1.5-2.5 millimeters wide.

2, blood glutinous rice: the surface is purple-red, counterfeit blood glutinous rice is inferior rice, through the purple-red pigment coloring and become. The most obvious difference is that after immersed in water, the water quality becomes red significantly faster than the real blood glutinous rice, more than a few washes will reveal the original shape of white rice, and no red seed coat appears after boiling.

Three, the efficacy of different

1, glutinous rice: Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice is warm and sweet, can warm the spleen and stomach, tonic gas. Glutinous rice also contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, niacin and other rich nutrients, can be called warm and strong food.

The Compendium of Materia Medica states that glutinous rice itself, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has the effect of warming the spleen and stomach, stopping deficiency cold and dysentery, narrowing the stools, collecting spontaneous sweating, and sending out acne sores. Glutinous rice as an auxiliary ingredient in the concoction of traditional Chinese medicine is the most widely used relative to other rice applications, while the yellow wine brewed from glutinous rice is still a liquid auxiliary ingredient in the concoction of traditional Chinese medicine.

2, blood glutinous rice: Chinese medicine health theory that the five colors into the five organs, that is, different colors of food, it health care efficacy is different. Generally speaking, black into the kidney, yellow into the spleen, white into the lungs, green into the liver, red into the heart.

Red blood glutinous rice, into the heart meridian. According to Chinese medicine, the heart is the master of blood, which means that its effects are related to nourishing qi and blood. Taking blood glutinous rice can assist in the treatment of excessive menstruation with the help of its astringent effect.

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