Medicinal value

Golden wheat

Golden wheat (16 photos)

For medicinal purposes, harvest the ears in autumn, dry them in the sun, and lay the fruits. , remove impurities, take mature fruits (wheat) and immature fruits (floating wheat), dry them in the sun and set aside.

Medicinal material identification and characteristics: The caryopsis is oblong, slightly pointed at both ends, up to 6mm long and 1.5~2.5mm in diameter. The surface is light yellowish brown or yellow, slightly wrinkled, with a deep longitudinal groove in the center of the ventral surface, and yellowish white pubescence at the top. It is hard, white in cross-section, and powdery. The qi is weak and the taste is bland. Products sometimes contain uncleaned glumes and lemmas. The lemma is leathery, has sharp ridges, and has a pointed tip; the outer lemma is membranous, with a awn at the top, and the inner lemma is thick and papery, without awns.

Identification of the cross section of caryopsis: the pericarp and seed coat are healed. One row of epidermal cells in the peel, with thicker walls, especially the peripheral walls; several rows of cells in the middle layer of the peel, with thicker walls; one row of transverse cells, arranged vertically and staggered with the epidermal and middle cells of the peel, with pits; sometimes tube cells can be seen under the transverse cell layer . The seed coat is brownish-yellow, the cells are decadent and shriveled, with nucellar remnants inside. The cells are almost square, and the layered texture is vaguely visible. The outermost layer of the endosperm is the aleurone layer, and the rest are parenchyma cells rich in starch granules.

The fruit is white powder with yellow-brown peel flakes. Main features: Starch granules are mainly flat circles, ellipses or rounded triangles, with a diameter of 30-40 μm. They are double lens-shaped or shell-shaped in side view, 11-19 μm wide, with slightly pointed or blunt ends at both ends, and a crack at the umbilical point. Shape, with a few complex granules, composed of 2 to 4 or more granules. The transverse cells are in sheets, elongated and cylindrical, 38 to 232 μm long, 6 to 21 μm in diameter, and the walls contain bead-like thickening. The epidermal cells of the peel are rectangular or long polygonal, 64 to 216 μm long, 16 to 42 μm in diameter, and the walls are thickened like beads. The cells in the middle layer of the peel are elongated or irregular in shape, and the walls are thickened like beads. Non-glandular trichome single cell, 43 to 950 μm long, 11 to 29 μm in diameter, and 5 to 11 μm in wall thickness.

Chemical composition: Seedlings contain Apigenin-di-C-acylglycosides. One of these new glycosides is Sinapyl-8-D-galactosyl-6-C-arabinosylapigenin. In addition, it also contains Vicenin-1.isoscha-ftoside, and schaftoside or their galactosyl isomers and saccharin [Dhurrin, 2-β-D-glucopyranosyloxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2S-acetonitrile] . Leaves and stems contain volatile substances such as CH3(CH2)7CHO and its isomers aldehydes and alcohols.

Seeds contain 53-70% starch, about 11% protein, 2-7% sugar, 2-10% dextrin, about 1.6% fat, and about 2% crude fiber. Fatty oils are mainly glycerides of oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid. It also contains a small amount of sitosterol, lecithin, allantoin, arginine, amylase, maltase, protease and trace amounts of vitamin B. Wheat germ contains lectins.

Nature, flavor and function: Traditional Chinese medicine is sweet in taste and cool in nature. Wheat: nourishes the mind, calms the mind, and removes troubles. Floating Wheat:

Pictures of Wheat

Pictures of Wheat (20 photos)

Replenishes qi, removes heat and stops sweating.

Indications: Treat restlessness, insomnia, irritability, irritability, mental depression, and sadness in women. Floating Wheat: Treats spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bone steaming and labor fever.

Dosage and usage: 30-60g of traditional Chinese medicine, decoction in water and take; apply an appropriate amount of wheat flour for external use, and apply it to the burned area.

It is advisable to avoid wheat noodles, pepper, and radish.

Immature wheat can also be used as medicine to treat night sweats; wheat peel can treat beriberi. [5]