1, indica rice: indica-type non-glutinous rice, according to their cultivation planting season and reproductive period, can be divided into early indica rice, indica rice and late indica rice.

2, Japonica rice: Japonica type non-glutinous rice, according to the cultivation season and reproductive period can also be divided into early Japonica rice, Japonica rice and late Japonica rice; this type of high-quality rice is mainly produced in the north of China's Yangtze River along the rice area;

Japonica rice: Japonica-type non-glutinous rice made of rice, rice is generally oval. Sticky, bloated small, low rate of rice, steamed rice is more sticky. According to its grain quality and Japonica rice harvest season is divided into the following two kinds: early Japonica rice: abdominal white larger, less hard particles; late Japonica rice: abdominal white smaller, more hard particles.

Indica rice: rice made from indica-type non-glutinous rice. Rice grains are generally long oval or elongated. Rice is lighter, less sticky, more broken rice, swelling, high rate of rice, steamed rice is more puffy. According to its grain quality and indica rice harvest season is divided into the following two kinds: early indica rice: belly white larger, less hard particles; late indica rice: belly white smaller, more hard particles.

From the viscosity degree, rice has glutinous rice, japonica rice and indica rice three kinds of glutinous rice viscosity is the strongest, indica rice is the weakest, japonica rice in the middle, so like to eat japonica rice is the most people, that is, we usually staple rice or porridge rice.

Japonica rice porridge, traditional Chinese medicine that can replenish the gas, spleen and stomach, benefit from the essence of strong will, strong muscles and bones, and the five viscera, through the bloodstream, bright ears and eyes, to stop boredom, thirst, diarrhea, is "the first supplement". Porridge is characterized by easy to make, easy to serve, fast absorption, does not hurt the spleen and stomach, young and old. Rice porridge, there is a layer of thick and smooth as a cream of thin sticky things, this is the rice oil, also known as porridge oil, is a tonic to fill the essence of the top, for the sick, women in labor, the elderly and the frail is the most suitable for consumption. If you take this rice oil alone, plus a little salt on an empty stomach, the effect is better.