The original meaning of "eight-treasure porridge" refers to porridge made from eight different raw materials. But today. Many "eight-treasure porridge" use more than eight kinds of materials. "Eight-treasure porridge" generally takes japonica rice, glutinous rice or black glutinous rice as the main material, and adds auxiliary materials, such as mung beans, red beans, lentils, white lentils, red dates, peach kernels, peanuts, lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, yams, lilies, medlar, gordon euryales and coix seed.
People in different parts of China choose different materials according to their dietary preferences. Different brands of cans have different materials for "eight-treasure porridge". But there are basically four kinds of raw materials: rice, beans, dried fruits and Chinese herbal medicines. Cooking at home is "eight-treasure porridge", sometimes chestnuts, carrots, sausages, bacon and so on are added.
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Efficacy of eight-treasure porridge
1, japonica rice
Japonica rice can improve human immune function and promote blood circulation, thus reducing the chance of hypertension; Japonica rice can prevent diabetes, beriberi, senile plaque, constipation and other diseases; Crude fiber molecules in the rice bran layer of japonica rice contribute to gastrointestinal peristalsis, and have a good effect on stomach diseases, constipation and hemorrhoids.
2. Euryale ferox rice
Euryale ferox is rich in starch, which can provide heat energy for human body, and contains a variety of vitamins and carbonaceous substances to ensure the nutrients needed in the body; It has the effects of consolidating kidney, astringing essence, strengthening spleen, relieving diarrhea, promoting diuresis and invigorating middle warmer.
3. Lotus seeds
Lotus seeds are rich in protein, carbohydrates, nicotinic acid, potassium, calcium, magnesium and other nutrients, and have the effects of preventing and treating cancer, lowering blood pressure, strengthening the heart, calming the nerves, nourishing and tonifying deficiency, and stopping nocturnal emission.
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