花生,又称长生果、长果、落花生,在我国具有悠久的栽培历史,浙江河姆渡古文化遗址中,就有野生花生的痕迹。近世我国种植的花生,主要是从南美引进的,引进的时间大约在明朝末年。花生既是含有多种营养成分的食用佳品,又具有较高的药用价值。据《本草备要》、《滇南本草》、《药性考》等书记载:花生米有“补脾润肺”、“补中益气”、“开胃醒脾”的作用,还能“治脚气及妇人乳汁缺乏”等症。“盐水煮食治肺痨,炒用燥火行血,治一切腹内冷积肚痛”。用花生米煮粥,具有“润肺,止嗽,悦脾”的效用(清·黄云鹊《粥 Peanuts, also known as longevity fruit, fruit, peanut, has a long history of cultivation in China, Zhejiang Hemudu ancient cultural sites, there are traces of wild peanuts. In recent days, the peanut planted in China is mainly introduced from South America, and the introduction time is about the end of Ming Dynasty. Peanut is not only contains a variety of nutritional ingredients edible share, but also has high medicinal value. According to “Materia Medica Preparation”, “Southern Yunnan Materia Medica”, “medicine test” and other records: peanuts have “spleen and lungs”, “Buzhongyiqi”, “appetizers Xingpi” role, but also “rule beriberi And women lack of milk ”embolism. “Saline cooking boil, fried with dry fire blood, cure all intra-abdominal cold plot abdominal pain.” With peanut porridge, with “lungs, Cough, Wyatt spleen” effect (Qing Huang Yun magpie "porridge