Eight treasures refer to eight kinds of ingredients used in porridge: sorghum rice, corn kernels, millet, adzuki bean, yellow rice, red dates, black rice, coix seed and other foods. The ingredients used in different regions are different. This selection is the production method of Laba porridge in northern rural areas, for reference only.
Unshelled sorghum
Sorghum rice has the effects of harmonizing stomach, promoting digestion, warming middle warmer, astringing stomach, stopping cholera, cooling blood and detoxicating. Sorghum peel contains tannin, which is astringent and hinders the digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, when grinding sorghum rice, the chaff should be cleaned and soaked in clear water to improve the taste and reduce the impact on the human body.
Small pieces of food
Corn is a coarse grain. Like other coarse grains, it is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, promote defecation, benefit intestinal health and play an important role in preventing rectal cancer.
millet
Millet is a common coarse grain, which is rich in nutritional value and suitable for cooking porridge. Millet is rich in protein, inorganic salts, starch and trace elements such as calcium, iron and iodine.
red bean shrub
Adzuki bean is a kind of medicinal adzuki bean. In North China and Central China, adzuki beans of the same genus are used as medicine. Has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It has strong antibacterial effect and can be used for adjuvant treatment of diseases such as sores and toxins.
broom corn millet
Yellow rice was originally a kind of food in the north. The dictionary says it is the fruit of millet without shell. Slightly larger than millet, yellowish in color, sticky after cooking. Yellow rice is rich in protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, zinc, copper, manganese and other nutrients, and has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung and moistening large intestine.
red date
Jujube is a well-known artifact for enriching blood and invigorating qi, but its efficacy is far more than that. Different ways of eating have many different effects. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica that "Jujube is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, nourish blood, promote fluid production, soothe the nerves and help sleep, and can be used to treat spleen deficiency and deficiency of both qi and blood". It can be seen that the efficacy and role of red dates can not be underestimated.
black kerneled rice
Black rice helps to eliminate free radicals in the body and has the effect of delaying aging. If black rice is paired with red beans, the effect may be better. Black rice is also a common food, which has both medicinal value and edible value, and emperors of past dynasties also regarded it as a treasure of court health preservation. Judging from the nutritional components of black rice, it is rich in nutrients, including protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron and zinc. In addition, it also contains some functional components, such as chlorophyll, anthocyanin and carotene.
The seed of Job's tears.
Coix lachryma-jobi seed is rich in carbohydrates, mainly composed of starch and sugar, and also contains nutrients such as fat, protein, coix lachryma-jobi ester, leucine, L- arginine and vitamin B 1. Coix seed can inhibit the proliferation of pain cells and can be eaten by people with various malignant tumors. It can also promote metabolism and reduce the burden on the stomach; It is also beneficial to the effects of water infiltration, spleen strengthening, arthralgia removal, heat clearing and pus discharge.
Eight-treasure porridge has many functions, such as improving eyesight, benefiting liver, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, tonifying kidney and moistening intestines, beauty beauty, nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency, and can be used as daily health food.