1. Chinese medicine believes that rice is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of tonifying the middle warmer, strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing essence and strengthening the brain, harmonizing the five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, hearing and improving eyesight, quenching thirst and stopping diarrhea. Known as the "head of the five grains", it is the main grain crop in China, accounting for about a quarter of the cultivated area of grain crops. Half of the world's population lives on rice.

Second, rice, which enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, has the functions of tonifying the middle warmer, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, invigorating the spleen and regulating the stomach, and relieving polydipsia. Ancient health experts also advocated "morning porridge" to produce fluid. Therefore, patients with cough and constipation caused by lung yin deficiency can cook porridge with rice in the morning and evening. Drinking rice porridge often contributes to the growth of body fluid and can relieve discomfort such as dry skin to some extent. If you add some pears when cooking porridge, the health care effect of traditional Chinese medicine will be better.

3. The carbohydrate content in rice is about 75%, 7%-8% in protein, 1.3%- 1. 8% fat and rich in B vitamins. The carbohydrate in rice is mainly starch, and the protein in rice is mainly glutenin, followed by glutenin and globulin. Its protein biological value and amino acid composition ratio are higher than those of wheat, barley, millet, corn and other cereal crops, and its digestibility is 66.8%-83. 1%. It is also one of the higher cereal protein.

4. Rice protein contains less lysine and threonine, so it is not completely protein, and its nutritional value is not as good as animal protein. But eating rice for lunch and dinner is better for people to lose weight than pasta. In the south of China, people generally take rice as their staple food, but it is very different in the north.

5. Ginger is the best "weapon" to deal with symptoms such as fever, sneezing and expectoration, and it is also a commonly used medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of eliminating phlegm and dispelling cold, benefiting qi and removing acne, and relieving asthma; Perilla leaves also have the function of dispelling cold, which can be bought in general pharmacies. The specific method is: perilla leaf 10g, 3 slices of ginger. After the rice porridge is boiled, put it in, and then boil it to eat.

Sixth, the effect is similar to ginger and soybean porridge. The practice is: put the rice in the pot, stir it briefly, then add water, stir the rice evenly with a spoon, add jujube and ginger slices, cook it slowly with low fire until the porridge is cooked, and add a little salt. Need to be reminded that these two kinds of porridge have a strong warming effect, and children, people with severe eye congestion and hemorrhoids are not suitable for eating.