1, "Zhou Li Tianguan Disease Doctor": "Nourish its disease with five flavors, five grains and five medicines." Zheng Xuan's Note: "Grains, hemp, millet, millet, wheat, beans."

2. "Chu Ci Da Tactic": "There are six valleys." Wang Yi's note: "Five grains, rice, millet, wheat, beans and hemp."

From the perspective of TCM health preservation and dietary nutrition, we recommend that the grains that we often eat should be:

I. Soybean (Northeast soybean is recommended)

1. Enhance immunity

500g of functional soybean contains protein content equivalent to1000g of lean meat or1500ml of eggs or 6000ml of milk. At the same time, it also contains a variety of essential amino acids, which have important nutritional effects on human tissues and cells and can improve human immune function.

2. Prevention of arteriosclerosis

Lecithin in soybean can remove cholesterol attached to blood vessel wall, prevent arteriosclerosis, prevent cardiovascular diseases and protect the heart. Lecithin in soybean can also prevent the accumulation of excessive fat in the liver, thus effectively preventing fatty liver caused by obesity.

3. Promote bone development

Soybean contains a variety of minerals, which can supplement calcium, prevent osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency and promote bone development, which is extremely beneficial to the bone growth of children and the elderly.

Second, sesame (recommended Shandong sesame)

1. Sesame contains a lot of fat and protein, as well as nutrients such as sugar, vitamin A, vitamin E, lecithin, calcium, iron and magnesium; Linoleic acid in sesame can regulate cholesterol;

2. Sesame is rich in vitamin E, which can prevent the damage of lipid peroxide to the skin, offset or neutralize the accumulation of harmful free radicals in cells, make the skin white and moist, and prevent various skin inflammations;

3. Sesame also has the effect of nourishing blood, which can treat dry and rough skin and make skin delicate, smooth and ruddy.

Third, buckwheat (recommended Inner Mongolia buckwheat)

1. Buckwheat protein is rich in lysine, trace elements such as iron, manganese and zinc, and dietary fiber, which is 10 times that of ordinary polished rice, so buckwheat has good nutritional and health care functions;

2. Buckwheat is rich in vitamin E and soluble dietary fiber, and also contains nicotinic acid and rutin. Rutin has the functions of reducing blood fat, cholesterol, softening blood vessels, protecting eyesight and preventing cerebrovascular hemorrhage.

3. Buckwheat contains nicotinic acid, which can promote metabolism, enhance detoxification ability, expand small blood vessels and lower blood cholesterol;

4. Buckwheat is rich in magnesium, which can promote the dissolution of human fibrin, dilate blood vessels, inhibit the formation of thrombus, have anti-embolism effect and help lower serum cholesterol;

5. Some flavonoids in buckwheat also have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects. Therefore, buckwheat is also called "anti-inflammatory food", and these ingredients also have the effect of lowering blood sugar.

Fourth, mung beans (recommended Shaanxi mung beans)

1. protein and phospholipids contained in mung beans can excite nerves and stimulate appetite, which is necessary for many important organs of human body to increase nutrition;

2. Polysaccharide in mung bean can enhance the activity of serum lipoprotein enzyme, hydrolyze triglyceride in lipoprotein, and reduce blood lipid, thus preventing and treating coronary heart disease and angina pectoris;

3. Mung bean contains a globulin and polysaccharide, which can promote the decomposition of cholesterol in animals into cholic acid in the liver, accelerate the secretion of bile salts in bile and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine;

4. The effective components of mung bean have antiallergic effect and can treat urticaria and other diseases;

5. Mung beans can inhibit staphylococcus and some viruses, and can clear away heat and detoxify;

6. Mung bean is rich in trypsin inhibitor, which can protect the liver and reduce protein decomposition, thus protecting the kidney.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Xiaomi (recommended Shanxi Xiaomi)

1. Millet is rich in vitamins B 1, B 12, etc. Has the function of preventing dyspepsia and oral ulcer;

2. Millet can prevent gastrointestinal discomfort and vomiting;

3. It also has the function of nourishing yin and blood, which can regulate the constitution of women with deficiency-cold and help them recover their physical strength;

4. Millet can reduce wrinkles, spots and pigmentation.