Glutinous rice, also called glutinous rice, is a kind of rice, which is often used to make zongzi or porridge. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can nourish the healthy qi of human body. After eating, it will cause fever all over the body and play a role in keeping out the cold and nourishing. It is most suitable for eating in cold weather. The main function of glutinous rice is to warm the spleen and stomach. Therefore, some people with spleen and stomach deficiency and frequent diarrhea eat it, which can have a good therapeutic effect.
In addition, glutinous rice can also relieve qi deficiency, night sweats, abdominal distension after pregnancy, shortness of breath and fatigue after strain. Moreover, the health care function of glutinous rice is fully expounded in the classic of Chinese medicine "Materia Medica", saying that glutinous rice is a valley that nourishes the spleen and stomach, benefits the lungs and benefits the qi. If the spleen and stomach benefit, the stomach will warm itself; Warming can nourish qi, and if qi is smooth, the body heat will be excessive, which is suitable for those with spleen and lung deficiency and cold. "
People with different diseases eat glutinous rice in different ways in the ninth season. The dull pain in the stomach caused by yang deficiency can be eaten with glutinous rice and red dates. If the spleen and stomach are weak, abdominal distension and fatigue are weak, glutinous rice, lotus seeds, jujube and yam can be used to cook porridge, and appropriate amount of sugar can be added after cooking; Diarrhea and indigestion caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach can be cooked with glutinous rice wine and eggs.
Glutinous rice has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach and stopping sweating. It is suitable for nausea, anorexia, diarrhea, hyperhidrosis, shortness of breath and abdominal distension during pregnancy caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, and is suitable for people with tuberculosis, neurasthenia and postpartum. Glutinous rice food should be eaten after heating, and it is also suitable for cooking porridge, which is not only nutritious, but also easy to digest and absorb and nourish the stomach.
Taboos for eating glutinous rice
1, the elderly, children, patients and other people with gastrointestinal dysfunction should not eat, and patients with diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia and kidney disease should try to eat less or not.
2. No matter how sweet and salty the glutinous rice cake is, its carbohydrate and sodium content are high. People who are overweight, have diabetes or other chronic diseases such as kidney disease and hyperlipidemia should stop eating it.
3. Patients with damp-heat phlegm and excessive fire, fever, yellow cough, jaundice, abdominal distension and diabetes should not eat more.
4. Because glutinous rice is sticky and difficult to digest, you must pay attention to the right amount when eating, and children should eat less. The starch contained in glutinous rice is amylopectin, which is difficult to digest and hydrolyze in the stomach. If you have digestive tract inflammation such as gastritis and duodenitis, you should eat less.