The main raw material of "Laba porridge" is grain, and the commonly used ones are japonica rice, glutinous rice and coix seed. Japonica rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients, and has the functions of nourishing the middle warmer, nourishing the spleen and stomach, regulating the five internal organs, relieving vexation, quenching thirst and benefiting essence. Glutinous rice has the function of warming spleen and benefiting qi, which is suitable for people with low spleen and stomach function, and has certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on deficiency cold, diarrhea, thirst and dysuria. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coix seed has the functions of invigorating spleen and lung, clearing away heat and infiltrating dampness, and it also has a good effect on chronic enteritis and dyspepsia if eaten regularly. Coix seed is rich in dietary fiber, which can prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular diseases.
Beans are the ingredients of Laba porridge, and soybeans and red beans are commonly used. Soybean contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and so on. It is rich in nutrition and has many health care functions, such as lowering blood cholesterol, preventing cardiovascular diseases, inhibiting various malignant tumors and preventing osteoporosis. Adzuki bean contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this product has the functions of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and has certain auxiliary treatment effect on diarrhea and edema due to spleen deficiency.