1, lowering blood pressure

Rutin in tartary buckwheat can clean blood, soften blood vessels, improve human microcirculation and repair fragile blood vessels in patients with hypertension, thus stabilizing blood pressure.

2, lowering blood sugar

These substances contained in tartary buckwheat have a two-way regulating effect on blood sugar and are often regarded as natural plant insulin. Buckwheat, as a miscellaneous grain crop that can effectively reduce the incidence of diabetes, should appear more on the table of ordinary people.

3, regulating blood lipids

Tartary buckwheat can significantly reduce the triglyceride level in hyperlipidemia mice and cholesterol and triglyceride levels in hyperlipidemia rats. However, it does not reduce the level of high density lipoprotein, so tartary buckwheat flavonoids have the effect of reducing blood lipid.

4, antibacterial, antiviral

Studies have confirmed that the bioflavonoids quercetin, morin and camphor rich in tartary buckwheat have antibacterial and antiviral effects. Clinical application of this flavone has the peculiar effects of removing putrefaction, promoting granulation, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain on ulcers caused by various reasons.

5, diuretic laxative

The visual display effect of tartary buckwheat is diuretic and laxative, which has the effect of laxative, and is also called intestinal grass by the people. "Compendium of Materia Medica" has the exposition of "reducing qi, relaxing the intestine and grinding stagnation, eliminating heat, reducing swelling, wind pain, removing turbid blood stagnation, spleen accumulation and diarrhea". Textual research on plant names and facts called buckwheat "performance elimination".

Tartary buckwheat can be made into tea. Constipation patients and ordinary people can eat bitter buckwheat tea for 7- 10 days, which is convenient for going to the toilet.

6, regulate the spleen and stomach

The starch in tartary buckwheat is suitable for patients with spleen and stomach discomfort, gastric ulcer and gastritis. Because the starch in tartary buckwheat is weakly alkaline after heating, it can inhibit hyperacidity and is suitable for patients with a history of gastric ulcer.

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Edible properties of tartary buckwheat;

1, the mainstream product form is tea: it can be soaked in one bubble, which is easy to realize health preservation.

2. Tartary buckwheat fragrant rice: its cooking form is steamed rice and porridge.

Fagopyrum tataricum fragrant rice is made by shelling Fagopyrum tataricum. Can be paired with rice, millet and so on. Just grab it. The method is relatively simple, such as buckwheat fragrant rice, which can be steamed with a handful of buckwheat.

For example, the same is true of buckwheat millet porridge, which can be cooked with millet at the same time, and can be matched with red dates, medlar, lily, sweet potato and so on according to personal preferences.

3. Tartary Buckwheat Powder: The cooking method is to mix it with white flour at the ratio of 1: 4, and add water to make noodles, steamed buns, jiaozi and other pasta. Compared with the first two methods, it is more complicated. But it can make many patterns.

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