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Germinated millet (Guya)
Pharmaceutical
Name : 1. Fructus Oryzae germinatus; 2. Fructus
Setariae germinatus
Botanical Name : 1. Oryza sativa L. 2. Setaria
italica (L.) Beauv.
Common Name: Germinated millet
Source of Earliest Record : Bencao Gangmu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The germinated rice sprouts
are dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste : Sweet and neutral
Meridians : Spleen and stomach
Functions:
1. To eliminate food retention and harmonize
the stomach;
2. To improve appetite
Indications & Combinations:
1. Retention of food. Germinated millet (Guya)
is used with Medicated leaven (Shenqu) and
Hawthorn fruit (Shanzha).
2. Weakness of the spleen and stomach manifested
as poor appetite. Germinated millet (Guya)
is used with Pilose asiabell root (Dangshen),
White atractylodes (Baizhu) and Tangerine
peel (Chenpi).
Dosage: 10-15 g |
