Buckwheat is a short-term crop, which likes cool and humid, and is not resistant to high temperature, drought, wind and frost. Buckwheat is distributed in most parts of China, and also in Asian and European countries.
Buckwheat is sweet and cool, which can stimulate appetite, moisten intestines and relieve depression. Treating colic, gastrointestinal stagnation and chronic diarrhea; At the same time, buckwheat can also be used to make noodles, music and bean jelly.
nutrition
Buckwheat gluten content is low, and the main protein is globulin. Buckwheat has high lysine content and low methionine content in essential amino acids, and the amino acid pattern can be complementary to the main cereals with low lysine content (such as wheat, corn and rice).
The carbohydrate of buckwheat is mainly starch. Compared with other grains, it is easy to cook, digest and process because of its fine particles.
Buckwheat is rich in dietary fiber, and its content is 10 times that of ordinary polished rice. Buckwheat contains more trace elements such as iron, manganese and zinc than ordinary grains.
B vitamins, vitamin E, chromium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, lysine, amino acids, fatty acids, linoleic acid, nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid, rutin, etc.
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Buckwheat food
Buckwheat is a very popular food in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, Southwest China, Japan, North Korea and the former Soviet Union. Buckwheat food is directly processed from buckwheat rice and buckwheat flour. Buckwheat rice is often used to make buckwheat rice, buckwheat porridge and buckwheat slices. Like other flours, buckwheat flour can be made into noodles, pancakes, bread, cakes, buckwheat cakes, bean jelly, blood cakes and enemas.
economy
Buckwheat seeds, hulls, straws and silage can be used to feed livestock and poultry, while broken grains, rice bran and hulls are widely used as livestock feed. Buckwheat crumbs are precious feed, rich in minerals such as fat, protein, iron, phosphorus, calcium and vitamins, and their nutritional value is 70% of that of corn. It is reported that feeding poultry with buckwheat grains can improve the laying rate and accelerate the growth of chickens. Feeding cows can improve the quality of milk; Feeding pigs can increase solid fat and improve meat quality. Compared with other feed crops, buckwheat has a shorter growth period, which can be sown directly in areas with short frost-free period or repeatedly in areas with long frost-free period, and can provide a large number of high-quality green feed in a short time.
Buckwheat is one of the three honey crops in China. Sweet buckwheat has large flowers, many flowers, long flowering period, developed nectaries, fragrance and a lot of honey secretion. Planting buckwheat in a large area can promote the development of beekeeping and diversified management, and also improve the fertilization rate and seed setting rate of buckwheat. The yield of buckwheat Tian Fang bee can be increased by 20-30% or more.