As we all know, all kinds of grains have the function of nourishing essence and replenishing kidney qi, and millet has the best kidney-tonifying effect. Li Shizhen even called millet "the valley of the kidney". He recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that millet "treats stomach nausea and dysentery, cooks porridge, benefits Dantian, replenishes deficiency, and opens the stomach." The specific effects of millet are:
Millet contains less crude fiber, does not irritate the intestinal wall, and is easy to digest. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that millet has the effect of strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and can treat spleen and stomach disharmony, spleen deficiency and chronic diarrhea, indigestion, and abdominal pain caused by food accumulation.
After boiling the japonica rice, add the millet powder paste mixed with cold water and cook it into porridge. Take it warm for breakfast and lunch, which can lower blood lipids and is beneficial to patients with atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and blood circulation disorders.
Millet has the function of nourishing Yin and blood because it is rich in amino acids. According to Chinese medicine, the fine and sticky layer of millet porridge is shaped like oil cakes, commonly known as "rice oil". It is extremely nutritious and comparable to ginseng soup. It is known as "substitute ginseng soup". It is extremely beneficial to women after childbirth. It can cure postpartum weakness, regulate the weak constitution of mothers, and restore their physical strength.
The production of sleep and the degree of sleepiness are related to the tryptophan content in food. Tryptophan can prompt brain nerve cells to secrete sleepy "serotonin", which plays an important role in improving the body's mood and improving sleep quality. Among many foods, millet ranks among the top in tryptophan content. The famous recipe for insomnia in "Huangdi Neijing" - Pinellia ternata and sorghum rice soup, uses millet.
Millet porridge is easy to digest and has the function of nourishing yin and blood. It is especially suitable for postpartum blood loss, fatigue, and weak spleen and stomach.
Many people add some brown sugar to millet porridge during confinement, which is also a very nourishing way to eat. It is generally recommended that within one week after delivery, the main staple food of pregnant women can be millet porridge.
Eating precautions: Although millet is a popular food, it tastes sweet and is slightly cold in nature. People with qi stagnation should not eat it; people with weak constitution and long and clear urine should eat less.
Millet has high nutritional value and comprehensive and balanced nutrition. It mainly contains carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids, fats and fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, etc.
Carbohydrates：The carbohydrate content in millet is 72.0% to 79.5%, and the main component is starch (about 59.4% to 70.2%), of which 80% to 85% is amylopectin. Millet starch contains about 2.9% resistant starch. Millet contains 1.5% reducing sugar, and non-starch polysaccharides account for 20% to 30% of total carbohydrates.
Protein：Millet contains 4.88% to 15.58% protein. Millet protein is a rich source of methionine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine and other essential amino acids, accounting for 44.70% of total amino acids.
Fats and fatty acids：Millet contains 5.2% total lipids (2.2% free lipids, 2.4% bound lipids, and 0.6% structural lipids), of which saturated fatty acids account for 25.6% and unsaturated fatty acids account for 74.4%. α-linolenic acid and linoleic acid in fatty acids are essential fatty acids required by the human body and are of great significance for maintaining human health.
Vitamins：Vitamins are a class of trace organic substances that are necessary for the human body to maintain normal physiological functions. Millet is rich in VB1, VB2 and niacin.
Minerals：The mineral content in millet is about 2.5% to 3.5%, such as sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. The iron in millet is excellent iron from plant sources, which can improve the hemoglobin status in children. The selenium in millet exists in the form of organic selenium, and it is generally believed that the selenium in millet has very good effects internationally.
Millet + longan: Sleep more and more soundly
Longan meat porridge is a kind of porridge that nourishes the heart and calms the mind, which is recorded in the book "Laolao Hengyan" by Cao Tingdong, a famous health expert in the Qing Dynasty. It can treat palpitations, panic, insomnia, forgetfulness, spontaneous sweating and night sweats caused by insufficient heart blood, and is widely used by later doctors.
Ingredients: 3 red dates (pitted), 15 grams of longan meat, and 100 grams of millet.
Method: Soak millet for half an hour, cut red dates into shreds, and divide longan meat into two for later use. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and boil it, add millet and cook it into porridge, then add red dates and longan meat and cook for 20 minutes.
Millet + almond: moisten the lungs, relieve cough and breathe smoothly
This combination comes from "Yinshi Zhengyao". Among them, millet is salty and slightly cold in nature. After frying it, its coldness can be restrained; sweet almond is the "Badanxing" recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica", which is sweet and flat in nature, and can "relieve cough and reduce gas, and eliminate heart and stomach upset".
Ingredients: 500 grams of millet, 50 grams of sweet almond, and appropriate amount of salt.
Method: Fry the millet until fragrant and grind it into powder, fry the sweet almond slightly and grind it, fry the salt slightly, then mix the above three materials together, stir evenly, seal and store. Take 6 grams each time, mix with boiling water, drink it, twice a day.
Millet + pumpkin: replenish the middle qi and warm the body and mind
Pumpkin is known as the "replenishing qi soup" among foods. It is sweet and flat in nature, can replenish the middle qi and be wide, so it strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi.
Ingredients: 75g millet, 300g pumpkin, 1 piece of tangerine peel. (2-3 servings)
Method: Wash the millet and soak it overnight in advance; wash the pumpkin, peel and sac, steam it, and crush it with an iron spoon or blend it into a puree with a blender. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the tangerine peel and millet into the porridge. After the porridge is cooked, pour the pumpkin puree into the millet porridge and stir it thoroughly.
Millet + tangerine peel: Remove dampness and relax
When the spleen is weak and the stomach is weak, and dampness is blocked, people are prone to loss of appetite, sticky mouth and tongue, abdominal discomfort, fatigue and other discomforts. The effect of millet is similar to that of japonica rice and indica rice. It has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and promoting body fluid. It is boiled into millet milk, which is truly "the world's first tonic". With tangerine peel, ginger and jujube, it can not only enhance the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, but also help digestion and absorption.
Ingredients: 150g millet, 1 clove of tangerine peel, 3 red dates, 3 slices of ginger, and salt to taste.
Method: Wash all ingredients, scrape the tangerine peel, peel the red dates, remove the core and cut into strips, peel the ginger and set aside. Put all the ingredients into the wall-breaking machine, add appropriate amount of water, set the time for 15 minutes, and season after cooking.
