Chufa in china has the name of ‘boji’,which was named as’ zhuo,or
niaoci and wuyu’,this herbal plant is sedge family with plant chufa
corm.People in Guangdong and Guangxi province called it MATI while
in Zhejiang province called it DISHI,which is regarded as fruit in
ancientry.In Ming dynasty the records like ‘QUNFANGPU’ regarded it
as pool fruit and vegetable family. Chufa originally grows in South
of China ,as it spreads to Europe and asia not tropic districts.
Chufa contains rich amylum,protein,fat, carrot ,vitamin ,cacium and
so on. In Guangdong the chufa is divided sweet chufa and water
chufa two kinds,the water chufa grows most in lowlying,wet farmland
or fleet pool districts,which contains a lot water ,rich amylum and
carried the its own scent ,with grain combination.
Chufa powder is special traditional food in Guangdong and Pearl
river areas of Guangdong.Chufa is amylum product that is
Made from Good chufa with applying chufa shattering, filtration and
deposition ,dried and so on processing .
Such product is white in grain powder shape with special scent of
Chufa .According to Lishizhen’s ‘BenCaoGanMu’,it recorded chufa had
thirsty and fever curing ,benefit for kidney and curing pyretic
illness,which was also can be service on table as food ,further
more it had function of benefit for human’s eyes and curing icterus
illness and stomach treatment as well as it had detoxifcation
function and remove midriff
illness and indigestion ,which should be had after meals .
It can remove the copper or metal in the stomach swallowed by
accident.It also benefit for blood and enforce immunity system.In
modern medicine research it was discovered that Chufa have the
function of clearing liver and eyes ,curing pyretic illness and
maintaining smooth for skin and so on.
Chufa also help digest system and improve appetiting. The chufa
powder is easy for storage and simple usage and convenient for
carrying ,which is most used to as additional complement for food,
also can be serviced in food as salt, sweet or vegetable juice
applying in food. Chufa powder can maintain juice in cool condition
,which is best serviced in cool beverage and icecream. Chufa powder
fit every age users and all season using that is best complement of
all foodstuff.
