Studies have shown that whole grains can nourish the five internal organs. As early as ancient times, there was a saying that "one grain supplements one dirty". Cereals include millet, rice, wheat, soybeans and sorghum. Among them, millet can tonify spleen, soybean can tonify kidney and so on. Chinese medicine believes that whole grains can not only fill the stomach, but also be good food for the five internal organs.
Soybeans nourish the kidney again.
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.
Practice: Beat soybean milk after soaking hair, or cook black bean porridge once in the morning and evening.
Rice moistens the lungs again.
Rice covers rice, purple rice and so on. When symptoms such as lung heat appear, it has a good effect of nourishing yin and moistening lung.
Practice: Cook rice porridge with low fire until the rice soup is sticky. Drink rice soup instead of rice grains, and take it at any time.
Millet nourishes 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.
Practice: Cook a pot of millet gruel, skim off the essence of the upper layer of millet gruel with a spoon, and drink it on an empty stomach, which has a good effect on nourishing the spleen and stomach and can be taken every morning and evening.
Wheat attaches great importance to nourishing 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.
Practice: Take whole wheat porridge with skin, or go to a Chinese medicine shop to buy some floating wheat boiled water, and take it every morning, noon and evening.
Sorghum nourishing 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.
Practice: After the sorghum rice is processed into flour, it is fried and mixed into a thin paste with boiling water. Take it every morning and evening before meals.
Different colors of corn have different effects.
Different colors of corn have slightly different health care effects, mainly because of the different varieties of pigments contained. Compared with white corn, purple corn contains more anthocyanins, so it has antioxidant and anti-aging effects. Yellow corn contains carotene and zeaxanthin, which is good for maintaining vision health. Different tastes of corn have different nutritional values. Sweet corn is sweet and delicious, and is deeply loved by people. There is also a kind of "fruit sweet corn", which can be eaten raw like fruit.
The content of protein, fat and vitamins in this sweet corn is 1-2 times higher than that in ordinary corn, and the content of selenium is 8- 10 times higher. Among 17 amino acids, 13 is higher than that of common corn. However, sweet corn has a high sugar content, mostly sucrose and glucose, which easily leads to an increase in blood sugar. Waxy corn is rich in protein, vitamin A and vitamin B 1, and amylopectin, which is not suitable for diabetics. But old corn has high crude fiber content and low soluble sugar content, which is a very good choice for people who lose weight and have diabetes.