Zizania latifolia is the general term for beans. As the old saying goes, "The reaper is the strongest. It was called "Zi" in ancient times and "Dou" in Chinese, and now it is called "Zi". Losers are a general term for many beans. However, soybeans are called glutinous rice, bean seedlings are called Huo, and adzuki beans are called glutinous rice. " Bean products are also one of China people's favorite foods.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the characteristics of "keeping old is easy to do" were discovered, and together with millet, it became an indispensable food for people at that time. Soybean is flat and sweet, and has the function of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. People with weak spleen and stomach should eat it often.

Various bean products made from soybeans, such as tofu and soybean milk, also have medicinal value: tofu can soothe the middle energizer, invigorate qi, clear away heat and promote blood circulation, and is especially suitable for people with phlegm-heat cough and asthma, exogenous cold and sore throat.

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The other four grains are:

1. Xiaomi: Xiaomi has a shell, that is, yellow rice. Its seeds are sticky when cooked and can be used to make wine and cakes. Because it is not conducive to digestion, "millet" is basically not used as a staple food now.

2. Xiaomi: also known as Xiaomi, it is drought-tolerant and has many varieties. Commonly known as "colorful millet", including white, red, yellow, black, orange, purple millet and sticky millet. The earliest wine in China was also made from millet. Millet is suitable for growing in arid areas without irrigation. Its stems and leaves are hard and can be used as feed. Generally only cows can digest it. The staple food now is basically not "millet".

3. Cannabis: Cannabis is mainly used in agricultural production. His stem bark can be used as rope (hemp rope), hemp clothes, hemp paper and so on. After retting, it is very durable. Peeled stems can be used as firewood and build houses, which feels a little woody. At present, skins and stems can be made into various high-grade papers such as Xuan paper by refining fibers.

4. Rice: Rice is an annual aquatic herb of Gramineae. The culms are erect, with a height of 0.5- 1.5m, which varies with varieties. Rice is an important grain widely planted in tropical Asia. South China is the main rice producing area, and it is also cultivated in northern provinces. Seeds are mainly divided into two subspecies, indica and japonica. Subspecies include many cultivated varieties. Use ripe caryopsis as medicine. Sweet and warm. And digestion, spleen, appetite.

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