荞麦是凉山州高寒山区群众喜吃爱种的粮食作物之一。它的营养价值很高,其蛋白质、脂肪、维生素的含量分别为10.8—11.5％、2.1—2.8％、10.1—11.1％,都高于小麦、大米和玉米。荞麦中还含有丰富的蔗糖、磷、铜、钙等元素,以及柠檬酸、草酸等有机酸。其中硫胺素、核黄素、芦丁、叶酸、尼克酸等在人体生理代谢中起着重要作用。特别是芦丁(即维生素P),能防脑出血、高血压、肾脏炎、偏头痛,对 Buckwheat is one of the most popular food crops in Liangshan Prefecture. Its high nutritional value, its protein, fat, vitamin content were 10.8-11.5%, 2.1-2.8%, 10.1-11.1%, are higher than wheat, rice and corn. Buckwheat is also rich in sucrose, phosphorus, copper, calcium and other elements, and citric acid, oxalic acid and other organic acids. Among them, thiamine, riboflavin, rutin, folic acid, nicotinic acid and so on play an important role in human physiological metabolism. In particular, rutin (ie, vitamin P), can prevent cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, nephritis, migraine, right