Which cereals are the healthiest?
Grain is an indispensable nutrient for our human body and an indispensable part of our diet. In ancient times, there was a saying that one grain supplements one dirty. In the view of Chinese medicine, whole grains are not only a staple food, but also can be used to fill our stomachs, and can also be used as a good material for medicated diet. Grains include: soybeans, sorghum, millet, wheat and rice. First of all, black beans in soybeans are called the Valley of Kidney. 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. Second, rice moistens the lungs again. Rice covers rice, purple rice and so on. When there are symptoms such as cough due to lung heat, 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. Third, millet spleen millet is the first of the five grains, and regular food can replenish the spleen and stomach. 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 rice oil on the upper layer of millet gruel with a spoon, and drink it on an empty stomach, which has a good nourishing effect on the spleen and stomach and can be taken every morning and evening. Fourth, wheat nourishes the heart again. Wheat is called an expensive grain. 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 and soybean belong to miscellaneous grains, but they are indispensable supporting roles in the whole grain. Sorghum has the effects of nourishing liver and stomach, astringing and stopping diarrhea, and is especially suitable for people with chronic diarrhea. After eating for a period of time, it 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.