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1. Coix lacryma-jobi belongs to Gramineae. It is a stout panicum miliaceum with yellow and white fibrous roots, which is spongy and about 3 mm in diameter. Flowering and fruiting period: June-65438+February.

Location: Qichun, Hubei, Hunan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces. Among them, Siliushan Village in Qichun is the most famous, which has the functions of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, clearing heat and expelling pus, and beauty beauty. Coix seed is one of the traditional food resources in China, which can be made into porridge, rice and various pasta for human consumption. Especially suitable for the elderly, the weak and the sick.

Sweet and light in nature, slightly cold in nature.

Meridian meridian and spleen meridian; Lung; Kidney meridian.

Functional indication

Coix seed: diuresis and spleen strengthening; Relaxing tendons and removing arthralgia; Clearing heat and discharging pus. Main edema; Beriberi; Urine drops; Damp-heat disease; Diarrhea with diarrhea; Rheumatalgia; Tendon contracture; Carbuncle of lung; Intestinal carbuncle; verruca plana

Coix lachryma-jobi root: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, invigorating spleen and killing insects. Treat jaundice, edema, gonorrhea, hernia, amenorrhea, leukorrhagia, and moth-eaten abdominal pain.

2. Soybean (soybean) is native to China, and has been cultivated all over China, and also widely cultivated all over the world. Soybean is one of the important food crops in China, which has been cultivated for 5000 years. It was called glutinous rice in ancient times. Mainly produced in the northeast of China, the seeds are rich in protein. Soybean is most commonly used for making various bean products, extracting soybean oil, brewing soy sauce and extracting protein. Grinding bean dregs or soybeans into coarse powder is also commonly used in livestock feed.

Sweet taste, flat sex.

Meridian of spleen and large intestine.

The function can detoxify Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, widening middle energizer, moistening dryness, inducing diuresis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and benefiting qi;

Indications: malnutrition, diarrhea, abdominal distension and emaciation, pregnancy poisoning, sores and swelling, traumatic bleeding, etc. Soybean can also resist bacteria and diminish inflammation, and is effective for pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, stomatitis, bacillary dysentery and enteritis.

food therapy

1. Enhance immunity

2. Prevention of arteriosclerosis

3. Promote bone development

Guide defecation

5. Anti-iron deficiency anemia

reduce the blood sugar

7. Antioxidant and anti-aging effects

3. Black rice is a processed product of black rice, which belongs to glutinous rice and is a characteristic variety formed by long-term cultivation of Gramineae rice. The appearance of rice grains is oblong, and the rice husk is grayish brown. Grain types are indica rice and japonica rice, and grain quality is divided into waxy and non-waxy. Brown rice is black or dark brown, which is rich in nutrition and has high edible and medicinal value. In addition to cooking porridge, it can also make all kinds of nutritious food and wine, which is known as "black pearl" and "king of rice in the world". Black rice in Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province is the most representative, and it has been called "medicinal rice", "Gong Mi" and "longevity rice" since ancient times.

Sexual taste: fair and sweet. black kerneled rice

Meridian tropism: spleen and stomach meridian.

Efficacy: Black rice has the effects of appetizing, benefiting middle energizer, invigorating spleen and promoting blood circulation, and improving eyesight. Can resist aging; Supplementing protein, manganese, zinc and other minerals needed by human body.

Health should be avoided: black rice is suitable for postpartum blood deficiency and physical weakness after illness; Or anemia; Or kidney deficiency; It is for young people who need hair and early whitening. Avoid children or elderly people with weak spleen and stomach.

Suitable compatibility: black rice is compatible with rice, which has the functions of appetizing, benefiting the middle warmer, strengthening the spleen and improving eyesight. It is used for people with premature gray hair and postpartum weakness.

Note: black rice is wrapped in tough seed coat and is not easy to cook. If its nutrients are not boiled, eating too much will easily cause acute gastroenteritis, so soak it for one night before cooking.

Taboos and side effects

(1) Rice has a tough seed coat, which is not easy to boil, so black rice should be soaked overnight before cooking.

(2) People with weak digestive ability after illness should not be eager to eat black rice, but eat some purple rice for conditioning.

4. Bonzi Naan is the corn peeled off when it is ripe. Grind it into small particles with a grinder, which is about the size of sand in your hand. It can also be ground into very fine flour. When eating, boil water, take a spoon in one hand, and sprinkle the crushed corn particles evenly into the pot in the other. After sprinkling, continue to stir evenly and cook for two or three times. Cooked or thin or thick batter is called naan. Now what people in the city call corn paste is a kind of corn grits.

Sweet, flat and non-toxic.

Indications: Urine leakage and urinary calculi, with unbearable pain. Soak in the soup several times.

function

(1) has the effects of regulating middle energizer, stimulating appetite, benefiting lung, calming heart, clearing damp-heat, benefiting liver and gallbladder, and delaying aging.

(2) Among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and health care function.

(3) The vitamin content is very high, which is 5- 10 times that of rice and wheat.

(4) contains a lot of nutrients and health-care substances.

(5) Contains carbohydrates, protein, fat and carotene.

(6) It also contains nutrients such as riboflavin and vitamins, which is of great benefit to the prevention of diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

Suitable food

Corn+Strawberry: Corn contains protein. When eaten with strawberries rich in vitamin C, it can prevent black spots and freckles.

Corn pine nuts: adjuvant treatment of spleen and lung qi deficiency, dry cough with little phlegm, dry skin and so on.

Corn+onion: promoting salivation, quenching thirst, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipid and resisting aging.