Xiaomi is highly beneficial for consumption during the winter season.

Millet is sweet and salty in flavor, and cool in nature. It enters the kidney, spleen, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, nourishing deficiency, benefiting the kidney and harmonizing the middle burner, clearing heat, and detoxifying. It is mainly indicated for deficiency heat in the spleen and stomach, nausea and vomiting, thirst, and diarrhea. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that millet "treats nausea, dysentery, and heat. When eaten as congee, it benefits the dantian, nourishes deficiency, and opens the stomach and intestines."

Millet is rich in nutrition, containing abundant protein, vitamins, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, and zinc. The primary function of millet is to tonify the spleen and stomach.

Millet has the effect of preventing nausea and vomiting. It is also helpful for those suffering from diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion, and diabetes.

Millet can also alleviate bad breath and reduce bacterial growth in the mouth. It can also treat beriberi, neuritis, pellagra, insomnia, headaches, mental fatigue, oily skin, and an increase in dandruff.

Apple and Millet Congee

Millet is very nourishing for the elderly who are weak and frequently ill. Grains are very beneficial for older people. Regular consumption of millet can benefit the health of the five organs, replenish body fluids, strengthen muscles and bones, and promote muscle growth. Millet congee is even better than drinking ginseng chicken soup and is the best nourishing food.

Millet is rich in dietary fiber, four times that of rice. The rich dietary fiber promotes bowel movements.

Millet can also be consumed as a dietary health supplement for calming and inducing sleep. For those with insomnia caused by poor gastrointestinal function, its therapeutic effect is incomparable to that of sleeping pills.

Millet has high dietary value and can be cooked with lily, longan, goji berries, etc. It is an excellent dietary food for treating mouth sores, gastritis, insomnia, and other diseases.