Sugar is a good thing, and sugar is a strategic resource in wartime and needs to be strictly controlled. On the one hand, it can compensate our body for sugar, and on the other hand, sugar is also a raw material for making bombs, along with oil and food. But many people don't know exactly where sugar comes from, in fact, sugar is extracted from a plant that has gone through multiple processes, and this plant is the fruit sugar cane that we are familiar with.
Sugarcane is no stranger to many people, even northerners, it can be found everywhere in the supermarket, and from time to time they will buy one to eat, sweet and juicy. Sugarcane is a good thing, and it has a very long history of cultivation, dating back more than 2,000 years. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, a famous patriotic poet of Chu State, recorded in "Chu Ci and Summoning Spirits": "The turtle cannon lamb has a syrup", where the syrup refers to sugarcane, and the syrup refers to sugarcane juice, which shows that sugarcane has been cultivated a long time ago.
Sugarcane, as the name suggests, refers to the sweet taste of this plant, and it belongs to the grass plant, so it is called sugarcane. Sugarcane, also known as potato cane, dry cane, intestinal grass, rod cane, sugar stalk, is a perennial tall solid herb of the genus Poaceae sugarcane. It belongs to the same family of plants as rice, white thatch, and bamboo, and they all have a common feature, that is, they all have knots. The stalks of this plant are erect, stout, solid and knotty, and about 3 meters high. The stems indicate brownish-red or yellowish tones with a hoarfrost similar to powdery powder and similar to bamboo. It blooms in autumn and has panicles spike-shaped, white flowers, and is born on the top of the stalk.
In the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen, it is recorded: "Cane is all furrowed, clumped, the most difficult soil force, the stem is like bamboo and the inside is solid, the big one is a few inches around, and it is long."
Six or seven feet, the roots are densely jointed, and they are gradually sparse. The leaves are as large and long as reed leaves.
Three, four feet, sparse four hanging, August and September harvesting stems, can be left for spring, full of fruit food". The description is today's sugarcane, which is very common in southern China, mainly concentrated in Liangguang, Yunnan, Hainan, Fujian, Taiwan and so on.
Sugarcane is a treasure all over its body, and many people don't understand it, because sugarcane is just a simple fruit, and it is a pity to chew a section to quench your thirst when you have nothing to do. Sugarcane has 4 major functions, the whole body is a treasure, the value is extremely high, farmers should understand.
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1. Sugarcane is sweet and juicy, and it is a very high-quality fruit.
Sugarcane is widely cultivated around the world and is a very common fruit, and the main part we eat is its stem. There are many ways to eat sugarcane, and the mainstream way to eat it is to suck the juice of sugarcane and spit out the residue. In addition, sugarcane can also be used to extract juice and drink it as a juice, which has a sweet and delicious taste. Now this season is the season when sugarcane is on the market in large quantities, I remember when I was a child, every year during the Chinese New Year, my parents would buy a large bundle of sugarcane to go home, and I could eat it for a long time.
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2. Sugarcane can be used to boil water and drink.
In addition to being eaten directly, sugarcane can also be used to boil water as tea. Especially in winter, when the weather is dry and the mouth is dry, you can use sugarcane to boil water to drink. The production method is simple, peel the sugarcane and cut it into small pieces, pour it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil for 30 minutes before drinking. It is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Hypothermia cough, dry mouth and saliva, sugarcane juice one and a half liters, green sorghum rice four." Cooking porridge, two solar eclipses, extremely moisturizing the heart and lungs".
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3. Sugarcane stems can be used in medicine and have high medicinal value.
Sugarcane is eaten by many people as fruits, but in fact, sugarcane is also a kind of Chinese medicinal material commonly used by folks, its stem and juice can be used as medicine, which has the function of clearing heat and generating Jin, moistening the lower qi and dryness, and reducing stomach adversity. It is recorded in the "Famous Doctors": "Sugarcane is the main qi and middle, helping the spleen and stomach, and benefiting the large intestine." In addition, it is also recorded in the "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Sugarcane cures all kinds of poisonous sores, carbuncle hair on the back, mash and compress it." Juice: Cure the mind in a trance, unsettled, stroke and loss of voice, rush underwater. and boiled food, and the stomach is better." It can be seen that sugarcane has a high medicinal value, do farmers understand?
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Fourth, brown sugar can be extracted from sugarcane.
In addition to sugarcane can be eaten and used in medicine, sugarcane can also extract sugar. The common white sugar and brown sugar in our supermarkets are actually extracted from sugarcane. Sugar is the most important trace element in our human body, and people need to supplement sugar every day, which shows the importance of sugarcane to people.
Especially brown sugar, girls use it to soak in water to drink, not only can make ** more ruddy and shiny, but also drink brown sugar water during menstruation can also speed up blood circulation and increase blood volume. It is also helpful to promote sleep and improve anemia, but although brown sugar is good, it should not be greedy, because its sugar content is very high, and it should not be drunk often.
Well, that's all for today's article. What do you know about sugarcane? Have you ever seen sugar cane planted in the ground? If you have anything to say, you can leave a message in the comment area below and share your insights. New Year's goods are not closed