芝麻,原产于埃及、印度。我国的芝麻是公元前张骞出使西域带回的,故又称为胡麻。芝麻有黑白两种,性能大体相同,但入药食疗则多用黑芝麻。 黑芝麻无论食用或药用,其卓著的抗衰保健效果自古就为人们所推崇。《神农本草经》记载:黑芝麻“主伤中虚赢,补五内,益气力,长肌肉,填脑髓。” 《本草纲目》说:“服(黑芝麻)至百日能除一切痼疾。一年身面光泽不饥,二年白发返黑,三年齿落更生。”唐代著名医学家孙思邈说:“人过四十以上,久服明目洞视,肠柔如筋。”大诗人苏东坡在给朋友程正辅的书信中,向他推荐 Sesame, native to Egypt, India. China’s sesame is brought back to the West by Zhang Qian BC back, it is also known as flax. There are two kinds of black and white sesame, the performance of the same general, but the use of medicated food and more black sesame seeds. Black sesame edible or medicinal, its outstanding anti-aging health effects have been respected by people. “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” records: black sesame “main injury in the virtual win, make up five, Qi, long muscles, fill the brain.” “Compendium of Materia Medica” said: “(black sesame seeds) to 100 days in addition to all chronic diseases. One year the body is not hungry luster, two years of white hair back to black, three years of tooth rejuvenation. ”Tang famous physician Sun Simiao said:“ Over forty people, long service eyesight hole, intestinal soft as tendons. ” In his letter to friend Cheng Zhengfu, the poet Su Dongpo recommended him