Xiaomi porridge has always been known as "golden porridge". Millet is the most ideal tonic for old, weak, sick and disabled pregnant women. Because millet does not need to be refined, it preserves many vitamins and minerals, among which the contents of protein, fat and calcium are higher than those of rice. There is generally no carotene in grains. The content of millet is per 100g 0. 12mg, and the content of vitamin B 1 ranks first among all cereals. The iron content of millet with the same weight is twice that of rice, which is beneficial to nourishing yin and enriching blood after delivery.

Millet is not only nutritious, but also has the effect of nourishing the stomach. Chinese medicine believes that millet is sweet, salty and cool, and enters the kidney, spleen and stomach meridians. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Xiaomi "treats nausea and heat dysentery, cooks porridge, benefits the abdomen, supplements deficiency and stimulates appetite". Therefore, it is very beneficial to the elderly who are frail, sick, deficient in qi and blood and weak in spleen and stomach.

Experts and scholars pointed out that although it is a very good practice to cook millet porridge, in line with the principle of eating whole grains together, potatoes, sweet potatoes, jujubes, lotus seeds and lilies can be added to millet porridge to balance its nutrition. In addition, because porridge is easy to absorb and blood sugar rises rapidly, diabetics need to be careful when drinking porridge.