Millet is cold, which can stimulate appetite, tonify deficiency and benefit the abdomen. It is suitable for people with qi and blood deficiency, physical weakness and loss of appetite. It is suitable for fatigue, listlessness and poor diet caused by hypogalactia and postpartum weakness, and can be eaten as breakfast. Millet porridge in winter and spring is more suitable for lying-in women. Many women in northern China have a tradition of adding millet and brown sugar to regulate their health after giving birth.

Millet contains a variety of vitamins, amino acids, fats and carbohydrates, and has high nutritional value. Every 100g of millet contains 9.7g of protein and 3.5g of fat, which is not lower than that of rice and wheat.

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Efficacy of millet porridge

For the old, weak, sick and disabled pregnant women, millet can be said to be the most ideal tonic. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that Xiaomi "treats nausea and dysentery, cooks porridge, benefits farmland, supplements deficiency and opens the stomach".

Chinese medicine also says that millet is "warm in the stomach" and thinks that millet is sweet and salty, and has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and removing dampness, calming the heart and calming the nerves. It is more suitable for people with internal heat and weak spleen and stomach. Some people have a bad appetite. After eating millet, it can stimulate appetite, nourish stomach, strengthen stomach, promote digestion and prevent nausea and vomiting.

Millet can relieve bad breath and reduce the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Millet is rich in amino acids, which can resist bacteria and prevent female vaginitis. Millet is rich in nutrition, among which tryptophan ranks first among cereals, and tryptophan has the function of regulating sleep. Drinking millet porridge before going to bed can make people sleep well.

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