First seen in Compendium of Materia Medica (Ming Dynasty - Li Shizhen)

Pronunciation: jīng mǐ

The seeds of the gramineous herbaceous plant rice (japonica rice). Also known as rice and hard rice. It is a variety of rice with shorter and rounder grains, stronger stickiness and less swelling. It is cultivated all over our country. There are three harvests: early, middle and late. That is, the ripe fruits are harvested in June, August, September, or October, dried in the sun, and crushed to remove the skin.

[Performance] Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It can benefit the spleen and stomach and relieve polydipsia.

[Reference] The ingredients are similar to glutinous rice, but contain more phosphorus and less calcium.

[Usage] It is used for spleen and stomach injuries caused by vomiting, diarrhea or febrile disease, insufficient stomach Qi, dry mouth, etc. [Usage] Decoction or porridge.