Grains are common and nutritious foods in our daily lives, with multiple ways of consumption. They can also be used as the most common complementary food for babies. Let's find out which grains are most beneficial for making baby food.
I. Barley
【Properties】Sweet, salty, cool. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians.
【Method】Boil and drink, 30 to 60 grams.
【Functions】Harmonize the stomach, widen the colon, and promote diuresis.
【Indications】Food stagnation, diarrhea, edema.
2. Corn (also known as maize)
【Properties】Sweet, neutral. Enter the stomach and large intestine meridians.
【Method】Boil and eat, fry and drink, or grind into powder for making pancakes. Corn contains starch, fat, alkaloids, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, pantothenic acid, carotene, rutin, hesperidin, and pectin.
【Functions】Regulate the stomach, invigorate the lungs, calm the mind, and promote diuresis.
【Indications】Children with poor appetite or normal children to enhance their physical fitness.
3. White Glutinous Rice
【Properties】Sweet, slightly cold.
【Method】Cook and eat.
【Functions】Harmonize the middle Jiao, tonify Qi, and clear heat.
【Indications】Stomach deficiency vomiting, thirst, etc.
4. Rice Oil (also known as congee oil, the thick liquid floating on the surface when cooking rice porridge)
【Properties】Sweet, neutral.
【Method】Use a bowl to collect the rice oil and consume it directly.
【Functions】Nourish Yin, replenish essence, and promote diuresis.
【Indications】Poor appetite.
5. Rice Bran
【Properties】Sweet, spicy, neutral.
【Method】Grind into powder and cook. Take 10-20 grams. Rice bran contains oryzanol, which can improve the dysfunction of the vegetative nervous system and increase the level of glycogen in the liver. It also contains a substance that can prevent cancer, extracted from rice bran, rice husk, and rice hull.
【Functions】Promote bowel movements, stimulate appetite, and relieve flatulence.
【Indications】Loss of appetite, vomiting.
6. Grain Sprouts
【Properties】Sweet, warm. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians.
【Method】Boil and drink, or prepare medicated diet, such as grain sprout pancakes, grain sprout stewed lamb liver, etc. It mainly contains starch, protein, fat, amylase, and vitamin B.
【Functions】Strengthen the spleen, invigorate the stomach, and aid digestion.
【Indications】Indigestion, bloating, diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc.
7. Buckwheat
【Properties】Sweet, cool. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians.
【Method】Cook and eat.
【Functions】Stimulate appetite, widen the colon, and relieve flatulence and accumulation.
【Indications】Gastrointestinal stagnation, chronic diarrhea, burns.
