What is the "bitter buckwheat" in Maopu bitter buckwheat wine? Why choose tartary buckwheat to brew?

Tartary buckwheat is a rare medicinal and edible crop in nature. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is bitter in taste and flat in nature, which can strengthen the stomach and replenish qi, conserve energy, benefit the eyes and ears, and refine the five internal organs. According to Qian Jin Fang Yao, Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine and related documents, Tartary Buckwheat has the functions of calming the nerves, promoting blood circulation, lowering qi, moistening intestines, clearing away heat, relieving swelling and pain, dispersing stagnation, clearing intestines, moistening intestines, relaxing bowels, relieving cough, relieving asthma, resisting inflammation, resisting allergy, strengthening heart, losing weight and beautifying.

Buckwheat is tartary buckwheat, and its scientific name is tartar buckwheat (pronounced as dádá in Tatar language, which is a general term for northern minorities in ancient China), also known as Buckwheat Leaf Seven, Wild Orchid Buckwheat, Wannian Buckwheat, Bobwheat, Black Buckwheat and Flower Buckwheat. The nutritional value is much higher than buckwheat. In particular, the content of bioflavonoids is 13.5 times that of buckwheat.

Buckwheat-seven nutrients are completely integrated, not medicine, not health care products, but food that can be eaten as a meal, but it has excellent nutritional and health care value and extraordinary therapeutic effect. It belongs to Polygonaceae, not Gramineae, and belongs to Polygonaceae with the familiar Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. There is also rhubarb, which is a typical embodiment of the homologous culture of medicine and food. Tartary buckwheat is known as the "king of five grains", and there are three health foods (lowering blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid). Tartary buckwheat has unique, comprehensive and rich nutrients, and has good medicinal properties, and contains many essential nutrients for human body. Tartary buckwheat has the effect of catharsis and detoxification, and is also called "Qingchangcao" by the people. Tartary buckwheat can also be fried and made into tea as an auxiliary treatment for patients with three highs every day.