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huiray

huiray

Well, there seem to be various entries (e.g. in Baidu (GoogleTranslation), or websites like this one (GoogTr) or this one (GooGTr)) that say "wild rice" (菰米) is indicated for medicinal purposes...Could some folks be buying and eating it still for those purposes? There's also this where the authors say:

 

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There are four species of wild rice (WR) belonging to the genus Zizania. Zizania aquatica L., Zizania palustris L., and Zizania texana Hitche are native to North America, whereas Zizania latifolia (Griseb) Turcz is native to China, Japan and Vietnam. Little is known about the nutritional value of WR, but available studies indicate that WR has higher content of protein, dietary fibre, vitamin B1, B2, E and minerals than the common white rice(6 – 8). Chinese WR was once an important grain in ancient China, and was used as an herbal medicine to treat diabetes and other diseases associated with nutrition, but today its use for this purpose has disappeared. The present study was undertaken to determine whether intake of WR has desirable effects on serum lipid and antioxidant status in an animal model that is consuming a diet high in fat and cholesterol.

 

but their study also seems aimed at suggesting that wild rice be substituted for (?) normal rice or other carbs in modern urban Chinese lives to combat obesity etc etc – perhaps in some places this is being promoted more than in other places?

 

OTOH and in contrast, the Baidu entry (GoogTr) on "water bamboo" a.k.a. 高笋 is voluminous. Hmm.

 

There's also this, but that study seems directed towards wild forms of Oryza (which is standard rice) rather than Zizania...

 

Perhaps Zizania wild rice is making a come-back in some parts of China? Is the "wild rice" being sold native-grown (i.e. Zizania latifolia) or is it imported (North American?)?

huiray

huiray

Well, there seem to be various entries (e.g. in Baidu, or treatises like this one or this one) that say "wild rice" (菰米) is indicated for medicinal purposes...Could some folks be buying and eating it still for those purposes? There's also this where the authors say:

 

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There are four species of wild rice (WR) belonging to the genus Zizania. Zizania aquatica L., Zizania palustris L., and Zizania texana Hitche are native to North America, whereas Zizania latifolia (Griseb) Turcz is native to China, Japan and Vietnam. Little is known about the nutritional value of WR, but available studies indicate that WR has higher content of protein, dietary fibre, vitamin B1, B2, E and minerals than the common white rice(6 – 8). Chinese WR was once an important grain in ancient China, and was used as an herbal medicine to treat diabetes and other diseases associated with nutrition, but today its use for this purpose has disappeared. The present study was undertaken to determine whether intake of WR has desirable effects on serum lipid and antioxidant status in an animal model that is consuming a diet high in fat and cholesterol.

 

but their study also seems aimed at suggesting that wild rice be substituted for (?) normal rice or other carbs in modern urban Chinese lives to combat obesity etc etc – perhaps in some places this is being promoted more than in other places?

 

OTOH and in contrast, the Baidu entry on "water bamboo" a.k.a. 高笋 is voluminous. Hmm.

 

There's also this, but that study seems directed towards wild forms of Oryza (which is standard rice) rather than Zizania...

 

Perhaps Zizania wild rice is making a come-back in some parts of China? Is the "wild rice" being sold native-grown (i.e. Zizania latifolia) or is it imported (North American?)?

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