People who have seen mianpi seeds must have an impression of them, because mianpi seeds look very similar to algal seeds. Especially those women who often use algal seeds for face masks, they think that mianpi seeds are the same as algal seeds. Then, are mianpi seeds algal seeds?

In fact, mianpi seeds are algal seeds. Mianpi seeds also have other names: shuigua seeds, papaya seeds, domestic algal seeds, etc. If you find some called algal seeds and some called mianpi seeds when purchasing, don’t worry, these two things are the same.

How to make mianpi with mianpi seeds

To put it simply, mianpi seeds can undoubtedly be used to make mianpi. Then how to make mianpi with mianpi seeds? Let’s take a look below!

The method of making mianpi with mianpi seeds is as follows:

The mianpi and Arabic gum are made by crushing the seeds with the outer pericarp and the fragments of the persistent calyx together. When taking it, put the persistent calyx of the achene and the crushed or pounded mianpi seed into a tea bag, and soak and rub in boiling water. Without adding any substances, it will naturally clump together. Transparent and translucent, fresh and tender.

Is the mianpi seed good for the body?

The mianpi we eat every day is not harmful to the body. Eating mianpi in summer can alleviate summer heat and thirst; eating hot mianpi in winter, with a lot of spicy chili, can also dispel the cold.

Making mianpi with mianpi seeds does not require the addition of any substances, making it beneficial and harmless to the body.

While ordinary mianpi needs to add a proper amount of alum during the production process, and alum has the effect of relieving intestinal peristalsis, drinking mianpi with alcohol will increase the waiting time of ethanol in the gastrointestinal tract, thus enhancing the body’s digestion and absorption of ethanol. Additionally, it also increases the irritability of ethanol to the gastrointestinal tract, slows down blood flow, and increases the waiting time of ethanol in the blood, promoting intoxication and harming physical and mental health. Therefore, eating too much mianpi is harmful to the body.