Classification of Grains and Beans (Efficacy List)

 

In ancient China, people believe the grains and beans are all kinds of traditional medicines. Five main kinds of grains and beans are also point to “Yin/Yang and Five-element thought” (I will introduce it later). Chinese people like using Five Cereals to instead of all kinds of foods. They are including (Unhusked) Rice, Wheat, Soy Beans, Corns (Maize) and Potatoes. The Marijuana seeds (nontoxic) are also considered as the sixth main cereals. The classification of food products is changing along with the development of society and progress of times. Nowadays, the main food crops are maize, sorghum, millet, rice, wheat, potato, beans, grains and so on.

Ancient Chinese people believe the all disease is related to the food we eat. They paid great attention on dietary collocation alike us nowadays. They created a lot of dietary catering recipes (I will introduce them in my Cook Book). Many of them are very popular and have big influence on the modern dietary food manufacturing process.

I think the best way to classify the grains and beans is distinguishing them by their effect to human body health as the following sheet:

Dietary to Nourishing Stomach：

Millet、Barley、Wheat、Peanut、Pine Nut、Pea Bean(Kidney Bean)、Chestnut、Black Kerneled Rice、Corn(Maize)、

Small Red Bean(Azuki Bean)、Red Rice、Buckwheat、Pinto Bean、

Mung Bean、Brown Rice、Sticky Rice、Soybean、Lentils、CoixSeed (Pearl barley)、Chinese Date

Dietary to Hypotensive：

Small Red Bean

Dietary to Hypertensive：

Wheat Germ、Almond、Rice(Round Shape)、Maize、Cowpea、Sesame、Buckwheat、Walnut、Chestnut、Soybean、Oat

Dietary to Backache(lumbago):

Butter Bean (Lima Bean)、Chestnut、Sesame、Black Kerneled Rice、Foxnut

Dietary to Pharyngitis (Sore Throat)：

Fig、Butter Bean

Dietary to Night Sweats、Sweaty：

Wheat、Sticky Rice

Dietary to Hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar)：

Barley、CoixSeed

Dietary to Cardiovascular：

Wheat、Soybean、Linseed、Mung Bean、Pinto Bean、Black Bean

Dietary to Anemia：

Cowpea、Small Red Bean、Pea Bean(Kidney Bean)、Black Sticky Rice、Sesame、Red Rice、Soybean

Dietary to Heart Disease：

Barley、Wheat Germ、Maize(Corn)、Chest Nut、Wild Rice、Sunflower Seeds、Cashew Nut、Pea、Wheat、Oat

Dietary to Diabetes：

Barley、Wheat Germ、Maize(Corn)、Chest Nut、Wild Rice、Sunflower Seeds、Cashew Nut、Pea、Wheat、Oat、Brown Rice

Dietary to Beauty：

Cowpea、Black Bean、Foxnut、Lentils、Brown Rice、Chest Nut

Dietary to Insomnia：

Millet、Wheat、Red Rice、Walnut、Lotus Seed(Nut)、Mung Nut

Dietary to Calcium Supplement：

Soybean、Lentils、Fava Bean、Sesame、Black Date、Almond、Peanut、Lotus Seed(Nut)

Dietary to Zinc Supplement:

Soybean、Sesame、Walnut、Peanut、Millet、Wheat

I will introduce all details about the grains and beans in the list in future…..(To be continued)

Shennong

April 07, 2011

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