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Medicinal value
Medicinal part: harvest the ear of fruit in autumn, dry it, put the fruit, remove impurities and take mature fruit.
Wheat pictures (20)
Dry solid (wheat) and immature fruit (floating wheat) for later use.
Identification of medicinal materials: caryopsis is oblong, slightly pointed at both ends, 6mm long and 1.5 ~ 2.5 mm in diameter. The surface is yellow-brown or yellow, slightly shrunk, with a longitudinal deep groove in the center of the abdomen and yellow-white fur at the top. Hard, white part, powdery. Light breath, light taste. Commodities sometimes have unclean glumes and barnacles, leathery glumes, sharp ridges and sharp tips; Lemma membranous, awned at the top, palea thick paper, awnless.
Chemical composition: the seedlings contain apigenin-di -c- acyl glycoside, and one of these new glycosides is mustard -8-d- galactosyl -6-c- arabinoxylamine. In addition, it also contains vicenin- 1. Isoxiafotaxin and xiafotaxin or galactose isomers thereof, and zeatin [Dhurrin, 2-β-d- glucopyranosyloxy -2-(4- hydroxyphenyl) -2s- acetyl]. Leaves and stems contain volatile substances, such as CH3(CH2)7CHO and its isomers, aldehydes and alcohols.
Seeds contain starch 53-70%, protein 1 1%, sugar 2-7%, dextrin 2- 10%, fat 1.6% and crude fiber 2%. Fatty oils are mainly glycerides of oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid. It also contains a small amount of sitosterol, lecithin, allantoin, arginine, amylase, maltase, protease and trace vitamin B. Wheat germ contains plant lectin.
Function of nature and taste: Chinese medicine tastes sweet and cool. Wheat: Nourish the heart, soothe the nerves and get rid of troubles. Floating wheat: benefiting qi, clearing away heat and stopping sweating.
Indications: It can be used to treat anxiety, insomnia, women's dirty impatience, irritability, depression and sadness. Floating wheat: used for spontaneous sweating, night sweats and bone steaming.
Dosage and usage: 30-60g of traditional Chinese medicine, decocted in water; Appropriate amount of wheat flour is applied externally to the burned area.
Should avoid fear of pepper and radish in wheat flour.
Immature wheat can also be used as medicine to treat night sweats; Treating beriberi with wheat bran.
nutritive value
Wheat is rich in starch, protein, fat, minerals, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and vitamin A, etc. Due to different varieties and environmental conditions, the nutritional components vary greatly. Judging from the content of protein, the wheat planted in continental arid climate area is hard and transparent, with protein content as high as 14 ~ 20%, and gluten is firm and elastic, suitable for baking bread; Wheat grains born under wet conditions contain protein 8 ~ 10%, which is soft and poor in gluten. It can be seen that the influence of geographical climate on the product formation process is very important.
Except for human consumption, only a small amount of flour is used to produce starch, alcohol, gluten and so on. The by-products after processing are all high-quality feed for livestock. Eating whole wheat can reduce the content of estrogen in blood circulation, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating breast cancer; For menopausal women, eating unrefined wheat can also alleviate menopausal syndrome.
nutritional ingredient
The main components of wheat are carbohydrate, fat, protein, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and nicotinic acid, and there is also an allantoin component. In addition, wheat germ is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin E, as well as a small amount of arginine, amylase, sitosterol, lecithin and proteolytic enzymes in the heart.
(included in each 100g)
Component name content
Edible parts 100
Cholesterol (mg) 0
Vitamin c (mg) 0
Sodium (mg) 6.8
Moisture (g) 10
Ash (g) 1.6
Vitamin E(T) mg 1.48
Magnesium 4
Energy (kcal) 3 17
Vitamin A (mg) 0
a-E 1.48
Iron (magnesium) 5. 1
Energy (kJ) 1326
Carotene (mg)
(β-γ)-E0.24
Zinc (mg) 2.33
Protein (g) 1 1.9
Retinol (mg)
δ-E0. 1
Selenium (μ g) 4.05
Fat (g) 1.3
Thiamine (μ g) 0.4
Calcium (mg) 34
Copper (mg) 0.43
Carbohydrate 75.2
Riboflavin (mg) 0. 1
Phosphorus (mg) 325
Manganese (magnesium) 3. 1
Dietary fiber (g) 10.8
Nicotinic acid (mg) 4
Potassium (mg) 289
Iodine (mg) 0
Therapeutic value
Wheat bran and wheat germ are usually added to cereal breakfast foods or fillings and cakes.
. Mixing refined white flour with wheat germ or wheat bran can increase the nutritional value of flour (1/4 cups of wheat germ instead of 1/4 cups of flour). Sprinkling wheat germ on vegetables and egg rolls can increase nutritional value. Wheat germ can also be used to replace nuts in cakes and biscuits.
Coarse broken wheat is a small particle formed by crushing coarse wheat. Make sure to soak it before cooking (65438 2 cups of water +0 cups of wheat) and cook for 30~40 minutes. Coarse wheat can be added to dough to make bread, or used as breakfast food or cream dessert.
Raw cereal should be soaked for several hours before eating, and then boiled for about 1 hour. Each cup of cereal needs 2 glasses of water. The nutritional value of cooked grains depends largely on the refining degree and cooking technology of wheat. Raw oats are obtained in the same way as oatmeal, and the grain is polished in a big drum.
Edible: It is suitable for people with heart-blood deficiency, palpitation, yawning, insomnia, dreaminess, sad crying, beriberi, peripheral neuritis, physical weakness, spontaneous sweating, night sweats and hyperhidrosis. In addition, it is also suitable for female breastfeeding.
Avoid eating: people with diabetes and other diseases are not suitable for eating.
New wheat fever, old wheat ping. Peel wheat, cook porridge with red beans, promote fluid production and nourish stomach, and eliminate edema. It can clear away heat, stop polydipsia, moisten throat and promote diuresis, nourish liver qi, stop bleeding and promote fluid production, and make women easy to get pregnant. Nourish the heart, suitable for heart patients. Boiling soup can cure gonorrhea. Grinding into powder can kill ascaris, and boiling old wheat into soup can also stop sweating. Burning it to ashes and blending it with oil can cure all kinds of sores and burns in local records.
Float wheat: the main qi and heat, stop spontaneous sweating and night sweats. Treat deficiency-heat of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults and children, and fatigue-heat of women.
Noodle: it is mainly used to tonify deficiency. Long-term consumption can strengthen muscles, nourish stomach and enhance physical strength. It can replenish qi and deficiency, and help the five internal organs. Can be mixed with water to treat heatstroke and equine lung fever. When applied to carbuncle, it can promote blood circulation and relieve pain.
Wheat bran: it is mainly used to treat plague heat sore, soup fire sore, blood stasis and traumatic injury. Decoct with vinegar and wheat bran, and stick it on the affected area. After steaming with vinegar, it is used to iron hands and feet for rheumatism, joint pain and cold-dampness beriberi, and it is used alternately until sweating, with good effect. Grinding into powder can stop sweating. Ordinary people have physical pain, sores, ulcers and pus discharge, or children have acne and ulcers in summer, so they can't sleep or lie down. Everyone can put a mattress with wheat bran, because wheat bran is cold and soft, which is really a good way.
Wheat flour: it is mainly used to tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, dredge veins, harmonize the five internal organs and regulate meridians. Stir-fry a bowl of wheat flour and soup to stop dysentery. Boiling wheat flour and vinegar into paste can eliminate all swelling and pain, fire and soup injuries.
Ornamental value
Wheat can be used as a cut flower, decorated as a bouquet, or as an ingredient for flower arrangement.