红糖,又名赤砂糖,与白砂糖、冰糖一样,均为甘蔗茎中液汁精制而成的晶体。其性味甘、温,入肝、脾、胃经,其功能补脾缓肝、活血化瘀。红糖不同于白糖之处是未经提纯,保留的营养成分更多,含胡萝卜素、核黄素和菸酸。它的葡萄糖含量比白糖高,钙、磷、铁、锌、铜和蛋白质含量亦比白糖高。红糖活血化瘀及止痛效果颇佳,民间常以红糖泡水用于妇女痛经和产后腹痛。现代有用红糖治疗贫血、风寒咳 Brown sugar, also known as red sugar, sugar and sugar, are sugar cane stem juice refined from the crystal. Its sweet nature, warm, liver, spleen, stomach, the function of the spleen and slow liver, promoting blood circulation. Brown sugar is different from the sugar is not purified, retain more nutrients, including carotene, riboflavin and niacin. Its glucose content higher than sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, copper and protein content is also higher than sugar. Brown sugar, blood circulation and analgesic effect is quite good, civil often used brown sugar soaked in water for women dysmenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain. Modern useful brown sugar treatment of anemia, cold cough