Corn, also known as bracteate, stick, corn, the seeds of corn, is an annual, herbaceous, grass, native to Central America, is the main food crop cultivated by the Indians, and is fond of high temperature, and it was introduced to China in the 17th century, and was rapidly popularized, mainly in China. Popularized, mainly in northern and southwestern mountainous areas of China, soon replaced the original main food crop corn in these areas. And because of its growing period and winter wheat staggered, in the vicinity of the Yellow River basin, frost-free period is longer in the northern areas, can and winter wheat crop rotation, to achieve a year two mature, increase grain production, become the main grain of the lower population, is to make the 18th century after the rapid growth of China's population is one of the main reasons. Outside of its origin in the Americas, China is the region where corn cultivation is most widespread. Corn is also the world's highest total grain crop. With its stout, tall stalks and broad leaves, corn was also formerly an important source of fuel for farmers in the plains.
The staple food of human beings to yellow corn and white corn more. Corn is rough in the health care products, food corn on the human body's health is quite favorable. China's national standard of corn quality, according to the corn grain color and grain quality is divided into four categories: yellow corn, white corn, glutinous corn and mixed corn.
Corn can be directly boiled and eaten, generally processed into flour, if refined taste good. But in the past, in order to increase production, often with the seed coat together with the grinding powder, called "stick noodles", very rough, difficult to swallow, but anti-hunger, is the main grain of the lower class. With the improvement of the economic level, now only refined corn flour as a flavor with, corn is mainly used as feed, industrial production of starch, the main raw material for fermentation drugs, corn germ can be refined corn oil, it is said that long-term consumption can prevent cardiovascular disease.
2 Alias of CornBracts, sticks, corn
3 The Complete Book of Agricultural Politics: Corn 3.1 Pinyin NameYù Mǐ
3.2 Alias of CornJade Sorghum (《Compendium》), Fenmai (《Raising the Green Rizhazha》), Xifanmai (《Xueguo Miscellany Shuo》), Jade Wheat (玉麦), Jade Paniculata (《All the Books of Agricultural Politics》), Jade Corn (《Compendium》), Rong Beans (《廣莊群芳谱》), Hongshu Peas (《广 Qunfang Spectrum"), red bearded wheat ("Meng Hua Fu Zhi"), Job's tear grains ("Medical Forest Compendium"), pearl millet, bracts, antler millet, imperial rice ("Shuangxi Property Sparse"), Baogu, Lugu, jade millet ("Qimin Siki"), Xitianmai ("Pingliang County Zhi"), Yulu Panicum ("Plant Names and Facts Diagrams"), fiber corn ("With the rest of the house dietary genealogy"), pearl rice ("Erya Valley Names Examined"), millet, Baosu ( Lingnan medicinal record"), Baomei (Chinese medicinal plant), bracts (Guangxi Chinese veterinary medicine plant).
3.3 SourceThe seeds of corn, family Gramineae.
3.4 ProtomorphologyAnnual. Culms robust, erect, 1-4 m tall, internodes pithy, basal nodes with aerial roots. Leaf blades large, flattened, sword-shaped or lanceolate, apex acuminate, margins undulate-creased, with strong midrib. Male panicle terminal, male spikelets twinned, to 1 cm, containing 2 florets; glumes subequal, membranous, dorsally elevated, 9-10-veined; lemmas and palea hyaline-membranous, subequal to glumes; anthers orange-yellow, to 5 mm; female spikelets twinned, arranged in 8-30 rows on a stout, spongy rachis; glumes subequal, very broad, veinless, ciliate, first floret sterile; lemma hyaline-membranous, similar to glumes but more so. Lemmas hyaline-membranous, resembling glumes but smaller and glabrous, with or without palea; second floret lemma resembling that of first floret, with a palea; pistil with a very long and weak style. Caryopsis slightly globose, beyond glumes and lemmas at maturity. Flowering and fruiting from June to September.
The roots (corn root), leaves (corn leaf), styles (cornhusk), and rachis (corn rachis) of this plant are also used medicinally, as described in the special article.
3.5 HabitatCultivated throughout the country.
3.6 Sexual flavor① "Compendium": "sweet, flat, non-toxic."
② "Medical Forest Compendium": "Sweet, light, slightly cold."
3.7 MeridianCompendium of Materia Medica: "Entering the hand and foot Yangming meridian."
3.8 Functions and Indications① "Compendium": "Regulating the middle and opening the stomach."
② "Compendium of Medical Sciences": "Benefits the lung and tranquilizes the heart."
③ "Materia Medica Push Chen": "for the stomach agent. Decoction also has the effect of diuretic."
3.9 Usage and Dosage of CornInternal: decoction, boiled or ground into fine powder for cake bait.
4 Nutritional analysis of corn1. corn in the cellulose content is very high, with *** gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate fecal excretion properties, can prevent and control constipation, enteritis, intestinal cancer and so on;
2. corn contains vitamin E has to promote cell division, slow down the aging of the blood serum cholesterol, to prevent the function of the skin lesions, but also to reduce atherosclerosis and cerebral decline; p>
3. research studies have shown that corn can be used to promote cell division, delay the aging of the blood serum cholesterol and prevent skin lesions. p>
3. researchers pointed out that corn contains luteinizing hormone, zeaxanthin can fight against eye aging, in addition, eating corn can also inhibit the side effects of anticancer drugs on the human body, *** brain cells, enhance the human brain power and memory;
4. foreign medical information, to corn-based diet in the region, the incidence of cancer is generally lower, may be rich in magnesium, selenium, etc., to inhibit the growth of tumors. In particular, corn also contains more glutamic acid, glutamic acid has a brain effect, it can help and promote the brain cells to respiration, in the process of physiological activities, can remove the body's waste, to help the brain tissue ammonia exclusion, so often eat can be healthy brain.
5 corn suitable for the crowdthe general public can eat
suitable for the spleen and stomach qi deficiency, blood deficiency, malnutrition, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases, obesity, fatty liver, cancer, middle-aged and elderly people, memory loss, habitual constipation, chronic nephritis and edema people to eat.
6 The therapeutic effects of cornCorn is flat, sweet and light;
Benefit the lungs and heart, spleen and stomach, anti-cancer, lower cholesterol, brain, diuretic, choleretic, lower blood pressure, lowering blood lipids.
7 Foods that are compatible with cornCorn and snails avoid eating together, otherwise it will be poisoned; try not to eat with oysters, eating together will hinder the absorption of zinc.
8 corn consumption recommendations1. eat corn should be corn kernels of the embryonic tip of all eaten, because many of the nutrients of corn are concentrated here;
2. corn protein lack of tryptophan, a single consumption of corn is easy to lysostomia, so corn-based food areas should be eaten more legumes;
3. corn moisture mold deterioration of the production of aflatoxin, carcinogenic effect, should be contraindicated;
4. corn and snails, or else poisoned; try not to eat with oysters will hinder the absorption of zinc. The role, should be contraindicated;
4. suffering from dry syndrome, diabetes, menopausal syndrome is a yin deficiency fire people, avoid eating popcorn, eating easy to help the fire hurt yin.
5. Corn is better cooked, cooking, although the loss of some of the corn vitamin C, but so that it has gained more nutritional value of higher antioxidant activity.
The prescription used to the Chinese medicine corn corn flour porridgepowder appropriate amount, cold water and dissolve, and when the round-grained rice porridge boiled, adjusted to the corn flour cooked with porridge. Contraindications: Moldy corn or cornstarch is not suitable for porridge.
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