The benefits of pumpkin and black rice porridge

Pumpkin has a complete nutritional content and a high nutritional value. Young pumpkins contain more vitamin C and glucose than old pumpkins. Old pumpkins contain higher amounts of calcium, iron, and carotene. These are beneficial for preventing and treating asthma. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the functions of replenishing qi, relieving inflammation and pain, and detoxifying and killing insects. There is also a "cobalt" component in pumpkin, which has a blood-tonifying effect after consumption. Modern nutrition and medicine have shown that eating more pumpkin can effectively prevent and treat high blood pressure, diabetes, and liver changes, and improve the body's immune ability. Eating pumpkin regularly can make bowel movements smooth and the skin plump, especially for women, it has a beauty effect.

(Black rice) Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black rice has significant medicinal value. Ancient agricultural and medical books record that black rice "nourishes yin and kidney, strengthens the body and warms the stomach, improves eyesight and activates blood circulation", "clears the liver and moistens the intestines", "slips and moistens the essence, nourishes the lungs and relaxes the muscles" and other effects; it can be used as medicine and food, and is particularly effective for dizziness, anemia, gray hair, sore waist and knees, night blindness and tinnitus. Long-term consumption can prolong life. Therefore, people commonly call it "medicinal rice" and "longevity rice". Because it is most suitable for pregnant women and parturients to replenish blood, it is also called "monthly rice" and "blood-replenishing rice". Emperors of all dynasties also regarded it as a palace health treasure, called "tribute rice". Modern medicine has confirmed that black rice has the effects of nourishing yin and kidney, strengthening spleen and warming liver, nourishing spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and activating blood circulation, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. Regular consumption of black rice is beneficial for preventing and treating dizziness, vertigo, anemia, gray hair, eye diseases, weak waist and knees, dry cough, constipation, difficulty urinating, kidney deficiency edema, loss of appetite, and weak spleen and stomach.

Glutinous rice is a mild tonic that can replenish deficiency, replenish blood, strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, and stop sweating. It is suitable for nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency, sweating, shortness of breath, and abdominal distension caused by qi deficiency. Modern scientific research shows that glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B and starch, and is a warm tonic.

Rice, also known as "rice", is mainly divided into indica rice, japonica rice and sticky rice. Rice is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the essence and will, improving hearing and eyesight, harmonizing the five internal organs, opening the four meridians, relieving restlessness, quenching thirst and stopping diarrhea. Rice is very nutritious and is one of the main foods of the Chinese people. Take polished rice as an example. Every 100 grams of polished rice contains 6.7 grams of protein (protein food), 0.9 grams of fat, 77.6 grams of carbohydrates, 0.3 grams of crude fiber, 7 milligrams of calcium (calcium food), 136 milligrams of phosphorus, 2.3 milligrams of iron (iron food), 0.16 milligrams of vitamin B1, 0.05 milligrams of vitamin B2 (vitamin food), 1 milligram of niacin, 125 milligrams of methionine, 394 milligrams of valine, 610 milligrams of leucine, 251 milligrams of isoleucine, 280 milligrams of threonine, 394 milligrams of phenylalanine, 122 milligrams of tryptophan, 255 milligrams of lysine and many other nutrients. Polished rice can nourish the spleen, stomach, nourish and strengthen. Polished rice porridge has the functions of nourishing the spleen, harmonizing the stomach and clearing the lungs. It is suitable for people with weak gastrointestinal function after illness, especially those who are thirsty and irritable. (The above comes from Baidu)