What are the effects and eating methods of yellow millet?

Yellow millet is a kind of millet with relatively high nutritional value, especially it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. For people with poor stomach, eating some millet properly on a regular basis has a good effect of strengthening the stomach and digesting food. In addition, millet contains a variety of minerals, and it is also very effective in replenishing blood and strengthening the brain. It is rich in amino acids and has certain anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. There are many ways to eat millet, the most common of which is millet porridge.

1. Strengthen the spleen and stomach

Millet enters the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. The porridge oil produced when cooking millet porridge has the effect of protecting the gastric mucosa and nourishing the spleen and stomach. It is most suitable for patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers. New rice has better tonic effects.

2. Help digestion

The nutritional value of millet is higher than that of rice, and its vitamin B1 content is several times that of rice. Because it is rich in dietary fiber and vitamins B1, B2, etc., it has the effect of preventing indigestion.

3. Good sleep

Tryptophan regulates sleep, and millet contains the highest tryptophan content among cereals. Cooking porridge with millet can help people fall asleep peacefully.

4. Nourishes blood and strengthens the brain

Millet, which nourishes the blood and strengthens the brain, contains 4.8 times more iron and 2.3 times more phosphorus than rice. It is a good product for nourishing blood and strengthening the brain. In the north, millet porridge is added with brown sugar and eggs to become a nutritious porridge for postpartum recuperation for women with weak and cold constitutions.

5. Antibacterial effect

Millet is rich in amino acids, which help fight bacteria and prevent inflammation in women’s bodies.

How to eat

1. Millet porridge

Millet porridge can be cooked alone, or soybeans, dates, red beans, sweet potatoes, etc. can be added to make nutritious porridge with different flavors.

2. Millet cakes

Millet can be ground into powder and made into various cakes.

3. Delicious snacks

Millet can be processed into delicious snacks.

Nutritional Value

1. Compared with rice, yellow millet has lower yield and higher nutritional value. Yellow millet contains 9.2%-14.7% protein, 3.0%-4.6% fat and vitamins. In addition to being eaten, it can also be used to make wine and maltose. Yellow millet contains eight essential amino acids for the human body, rich minerals, vitamins and various trace elements.

2. Yellow millet is slightly cold in nature and sweet in taste, and has certain health functions such as "replenishing the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs". Yellow millet can reduce gastric acid secretion; yellow millet has a hypnotic effect, and is mainly used to treat yang excess and yin deficiency, and insomnia; yellow millet can nourish and strengthen the body, replenish the middle and benefit the qi, and is suitable for patients with lung diseases. Yellow millet has the effect of blackening hair. Yellow millet can nourish the liver and kidneys, treat sores and detoxify. Yellow millet is suitable for the weak and sickly people.