The rice is a herbaceous plant pertaining to the family of the gramíneas, who understands near 2000 species. One is an annual plant with the right and raised stem, that one stretches until reaching 1 meter of height. The leaves are acintadas, numerous and a little rough, mainly in the edges.
The terminal inflorecencia is constituted by one panoja of espiguitas composed by a single flower. The fruit is one cariópside white or slightly brown.
Original of Asia and Africa, it was introduced in Europe towards the century I SAW d.C., although its culture did not spread until century XV. One grows up in the rice fields, very flat fields of culture that stay flooded while the rice is developed and until the plant is going to seed.
It blooms in summer. In the Iberian Peninsula the rice grain reaches its total maturity from end of August to first of October, time at which it is come to harvest it. Later, the grain undergoes a chipped process of, prevailing to him of its outer parts, rich in proteins, mineral vitamin B and salts.
The rice that we know is much more poor in nutritional matters that the one that is consumed in the Far East. In the composition of the chipped rice, which emphasizes more is the high percentage of fécula, that can suppose until a 75%. Also it contains matters albuminoids, something of water and small amounts of sugars and fat. It is a food of great consumption in our country. Usually it is used to fight diarreas and any etiología. As soon as they appear the first symptoms as much of decomposition in a boy as in an adult, the first whom he recommends to us doctor is that we suspend the administration of any food that is not a little rice cooked with water, an oil salt and teaspoon. Also, for very small children he is very frequent to do papillas of rice flour, although one is not due to abuse them much since in the long run they end up producing constipation.
Formerly, these papillas of rice flour thickened a little more and they were applied well I warm up in cataplasm form on forúnculos and abscesses. Nowadays this use has fallen practically in disuse. In order to finish, we have to also comment that the rice is a food not very nutritious if is only used, but that gives foot to the plate preparation exquisite, very introduced in our culture, like the Valencian paella or the rice kettle. But in fact whole number would be due to consume, according to takes shelter, since in the husk that covers it it is where are the best nutrients.
Flour: The flour is taken added in papillas or juice of carrots. In the pharmaceutical market many exist papillas of rice to prepare right away, or with water or milk.
Decocción: If what is desired is an effect astringent, the rice cooks later during a time, drinking the baking water.
Nourishing use:. It is the main form to consume rice in our country, spanish stew with salt and oil or in plate form exquisite, some of them of great tradition.
Antidiarreico. Antiinflamatorio. Astringent.
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