据说,稻子原是印度高原地带的野生植物,经人类栽培并不断改良它的品种,始有今天的稻子。中国早在5000年前,发明了造水田种稻的方法。东南亚以及日本也自古种稻,以稻米为主食。日本在17、18世纪的江户时代,整天光吃精碾的白米,流行起所谓“江户病”来。这就是脚气(软脚)病。1910年,日本的铃木梅太郎博士发现此病是由于维生素 It is said that rice was originally a wild plant in the Indian Plateau. It has been cultivated by human beings and continually improved its variety, starting with today’s rice. As early as 5000 years ago, China invented the method of paddy cultivation in paddy fields. Southeast Asia and Japan since ancient rice, rice-based food. Japan in the 17th and 18th centuries of the Edo era, eating polished white rice all day long, the so-called “Edo disease” come. This is athlete’s foot (soft leg) disease. In 1910, Dr. Jiro Suzuki Suzuki found the disease was due to vitamins