In fact, chicken head rice is what we call Gorgon ferox, but it's fresh Gorgon ferox. For northerners, chicken head rice is not common, so what is it? What is its nutritional value and efficacy?
What is chicken head rice
For Suzhou people, a small chicken head rice is not only the hard work of picking people, but also the inheritance of Suzhou culture.
Sowing in June and harvesting in August, Xu said that flowers only bear fruit, and only under the beautiful flowers do he have this full chicken axe.
Seven or eight chicken axes only give a jin of chicken head rice, and a jin of chicken head rice, stripping alone, it will take an hour. Only seven or eight axes can produce a jin of chicken head rice.
For Suzhou people, chicken head rice, also known as soft gold, contains 22 grams of protein per 100 grams of chicken head rice. In addition, it also contains riboflavin and lysine, which is very beneficial to people's health.
Every time this season, family members sit together and eat a mouthful of soft, waxy and sweet chicken head rice, which seems to be something that every Suzhou people will do.
The effect and function of chicken head rice; it tastes sweet, astringent and smooth. Return the spleen and kidney meridians. It has the functions of Tonifying the spleen, relieving diarrhea, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the essence, removing dampness and tourniquet. It can be used for the treatment of insomnia, enuresis, frequent urination, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, leukorrhea and leukorrhea.
1. Tonifying the spleen and stopping the discharge
It is mainly used to treat lumbago and knee arthralgia, spermatorrhea, drenching, diarrhea and other diseases.
2. Cancer prevention and anticancer
Euryale ferox can strengthen the absorption function of small intestine, improve the excretion rate of xylose in urine and increase the concentration of carotene in serum. The results show that the increase of serum carotene level can reduce the incidence of lung cancer and gastric cancer, and greatly reduce the incidence of cancer.
3. Prevent aging
Euryale ferox is rich in starch, which can provide heat energy for human body, and contains a variety of vitamins and carbon substances to ensure the nutrients needed in the body. Eight immortals cake, a preparation of Euryale ferox seed, can obviously prolong the life span.