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What is the grain in China?
There are two versions of textures:

1, rice, millet, millet, wheat, rice.

2, hemp, millet, millet, wheat, glutinous rice.

The difference between the two is that the former has rice without hemp, while the latter has hemp without rice. The ancient economic and cultural center was in the Yellow River valley, and the main rice producing area was in the south, while the rice planting in the north was limited, so there was no rice in the original "five grains".

Grain culture plays an important role and can be described as the origin of human civilization. According to authoritative data, hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans have observed traces of sorghum on stone tools, indicating that grains have been pregnant with humans for more than 100 thousand years. It is a feat in human history to cultivate weeds into coarse grains, which gave birth to human civilization.

Extended data:

The health-preserving function of cereals:

1, rice moistens the lungs again.

Rice covers rice, purple rice and so on. When there are symptoms such as cough due to lung heat, it has a good effect of nourishing yin and moistening lung.

2. Soybeans nourish the kidneys.

Black beans in soybeans are called "kidney valley". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening body, detoxifying and moistening skin, and has a good therapeutic effect on kidney deficiency and edema.

3, Xiaomi re-nourishes the spleen.

Millet is the first of the five grains, and it can replenish the spleen and stomach if eaten often. Millet is the top tonic for people with spleen deficiency and infirmity, which can tonify the middle energizer and prolong life.

4. Sorghum nourishes liver.

Sorghum and soybean belong to miscellaneous grains, but they are indispensable supporting roles in the whole grain. Sorghum has the effects of nourishing the liver and benefiting the stomach, astringing and stopping diarrhea, especially for people with chronic diarrhea. Eating it for a period of time will have a good effect.

5. Wheat nourishes the heart.

Wheat is called "the price of five grains". Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, except for irritability. It has dietotherapy effect on eliminating female climacteric syndrome, spontaneous sweating, night sweats and dysphoria.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Gu Wu

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