Setaria
italica. Millet
Family: Gramineae
Millet grain
FLAVOR: Sweet-salted (Old Millet has cold energy
and Bitter flavour). CHANNEL: Kidney, Spleen, Stomach.
FUNCTIONS
1. Regulating the middle Heater.[1,2]
2. Removing pathogenic Heat,[1,2]
and poisonous quality of any substance. Counteract toxic effects.
3. Benefit the Kidney.
INDICATIONS
1. Regurgitation of food from the Stomach and vomiting.[1,2]
2. Diabetes and diarrhea.[1,2]
3. Used to treat fever associated with Spleen/Stomach deficiency.
4. Old millet can arrest dysentery, relieve thirst and restlessness.
5. Millet is appropriate for treating dripping urination resulting from Damp
Heat of the Spleen, Stomach and Kidney.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Less should be taken by those who are in a morbid
condition resulting from insufficiency of genuine Qi with endogenous Cold
manifested as light colored urine.[2]
Don't rub the seeds with your hands while washing them: avoid either soaking
them for long or washing them in hot water.[2]
-Consumption of millet with apricot-seed could cause vomiting and diarrhea.[1]
PREPARATIONS:
To be decocted and made into gruel.[2]
Boil or cook as soup.[1]
谷 芽 Gǔ yá
Germinated Millet
FLAVOR: Sweet
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Digestives and Evacuants
1. Appetitzer.[3]
INDICATIONS
1. Spleen deficiency: fullness, diarrhea.[3]
2. Heart pain, fullness, Heat toxicity, diarrhea, polydipsia, weight loss.[3]
