Post Date December, 03 2023
Black rice is a common type of rice used for both food and medicine in our daily lives; From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, black corresponds to the kidney, so black rice has the function of tonifying kidney qi. In addition, black rice also has the effects of appetizing, tonifying the spleen, promoting blood circulation, and brightening the eyes. Black rice is most suitable for people with white hair in adolescents, postpartum weakness in women, post disease body deficiency, anemia, and kidney deficiency.
From a nutritional perspective, black rice is rich in minerals such as manganese, zinc, and copper, as well as special components such as vitamin C, chlorophyll, anthocyanins, carotenoids, and cardiac glycosides that rice lacks. It has more nutritional value than ordinary white rice.
Eating black rice and lotus seeds together has the effect of tonifying the kidney and spleen. Eating chestnuts together can tonify the kidney and strengthen the waist, and has a strong therapeutic effect on patients with kidney deficiency. Regular consumption can strengthen the body and heal diseases. Recommend a homely recipe:
Black rice and red dates Congee: 80g black rice, 20g rice, 40g red dates, 5g medlar. 5 grams of white sugar. 1. Wash black rice thoroughly and soak for 5 hours; Wash the rice and soak for 30 minutes; Wash and remove the pit of red dates; Wash goji berries. 2. Put black rice, rice, red dates and some water in the pot on the fire, boil it on the high fire, turn it to the low fire and cook it into Congee, then add Chinese wolfberry and cook it for 5 minutes, and season it with sugar. The Congee has obvious effects, such as tonifying the kidney and kidney, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and improving indigestion.
(Intern Editor: Huang Junda)
