Table of Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English Reference 3 General 4 Latin Name 5 English Name 6 Alias of Rice Germs 7 Source 8 Taste and Meridian 9 Effects and Indications of Rice Germs 10 Usage and Dosage of Rice Germs 11 Chemical Constituents of Rice Germs 12 Pharmacopoeial Standard for Rice Germs 12.1 Name 12.2 Source 12.3 Characteristics 12.4 Inspection 12.4.1 Sprouting Ratio 12.5 Drinking Tablets of Rice Germs 12.5.1 Concoction 12.5. 12.5.1 Rice Bud 12.5.1.2 Fried Rice Bud 12.5.1.3 Burnt Rice Bud 12.5.2 Flavor and Meridian 12.5.3 Functions and Indications 12.5.4 Methods of Use and Dosage 12.5.5 Storage 12.6 Sources 13 References Attachment: 1 Formulas Using Rice Bud in Traditional Chinese Medicines 2 Proprietary Chinese Medicines Using Rice Bud in Traditional Chinese Medicines 3 Rice Bud in Ancient Chinese Texts 1 Phonetic Alphabetical Formulas

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2 English References

oryzae germinatus,fructus [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]

rice grain sprout [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]

Fructus Oryzae Germinatus (拉) [Nomenclature Review Committee of Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine Nomenclature (2004)]

germinated ricegrain [中中医药学名词审定委员会. Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine (2004)]

3 Overview

The name of ricegrain is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) name, which is found in the Handbook of Chinese Materia Medica [1]. That is, the grain buds contained in the Compendium of Materia Medica [1]. It is obtained by germinating and drying the mature fruit of rice Oryza sativa L., family Gramineae [2].

The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China*** and the State Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition) records the pharmacopoeial standard of this Chinese medicine.

4 Latin name

Fructus Oryzae Germinatus (La) (Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine (2004))

5 English name

germinated ricegrain (Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine (2004))

6 Alias of rice shoots

shoots from an old stump, rice stumps, rice buds[3].

7 Source

Rice buds are obtained by germinating and drying the mature fruits of rice Oryza sativa L., family Gramineae [2].

Rice buds are obtained by germination and drying of the caryopsis of rice Oryza sativa L.[3].

8 Sexual flavor attributed to the meridian

rice sprouts taste sweet, nature flat; into the spleen, stomach meridian [3].

9 Effects and Indications

Rice sprouts have the effect of invigorating the spleen and opening the stomach, eliminating food and neutralizing the effects of food accumulation and not eliminated, epigastric stuffiness and abdominal distension, chronic diarrhea, loss of appetite, swelling of the feet [3].

10 Usage and dosage of rice buds

Decoction: 9 ~ 15g [3].

11 Chemical Composition of Rice Germ

Rice germ contains maltose, choline, adenine, amylase, vitamin B, etc [3].

12 Pharmacopoeial Standard of Rice Buds 12.1 Name

Rice Buds

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ORYZAE FRUCTUS GERMINATUS

12.2 Source

This is a concocted and processed product of the mature fruit of rice, Oryza sativa L. of the family Gramineae, which has been germinated and dried. Soak the rice grain in water, maintain suitable temperature and humidity, and dry it when the fibrous root grows to about 1cm.

12.3 Properties

The product is oblong-ellipsoid, slightly pointed at both ends, 7-9 mm long, about 3 mm in diameter, lemma yellow, with white fine velutinous hairs, with 5 veins. There are 2 symmetrical white bar-shaped plasma segments at one end, 2-3mm long, and 1-3 curved fibrous roots protruding from the inner side of one plasma segment, 0.5-1.2cm long, hard, white on the cross-section, powdery. Slight gas, light flavor.

12.4 Inspection 12.4.1 Sprouting rate

Take the product, according to the method of sampling herbs (Appendix IIA), take two diagonal test to about 10g, check the number of sprouts and the total number of grains, calculate the rate of sprouting (%).

The rate of germination of this product should not be less than 85%.

12.5 Paddy buds tablets 12.5.1 Concoction 12.5.1.1 Paddy buds

Remove impurities.

12.5.1.2 Stir-frying paddy buds

Take clean paddy buds and stir-fry them according to the method of stir-frying (Appendix II D) until dark yellow.

12.5.1.3 Scorched rice shoots

Take clean rice shoots, according to the method of stir-frying (Appendix II D) until burnt yellow.

12.5.2 Flavor and attribution

Sweet, warm. Attributed to the spleen, stomach meridian.

12.5.3 Functions and Indications

Eliminating food and harmonizing the middle, invigorating the spleen and opening the stomach. It is used for food accumulation without elimination, abdominal distension and bad breath, weak spleen and stomach, not hungry and little food. Stir-fried rice sprouts favor elimination of food. It is used for hunger and poor appetite. Burnt Paddy Sprout is good at resolving stagnation. It is used when stagnation is not eliminated.

12.5.4 Usage and dosage

9~15g.

12.5.5 Storage

In a ventilated and dry place, prevent moth.

12.6 Provenance