INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: NUO MI - 糯蜜 - SEMEN ORYZAE GLUTINOSAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Semen Oryzae Glutinosae 
Common English: Glutinous Rice

CATEGORY

Herbs that Tonify Qi

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Warm
Spleen
Stomach
Lung
(Liver)
30-60g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Augments the Spleen and Stomach and Tonifies Qi

Diabetes

Spontaneous perspiration

Diarrhea

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Deficiency of the transformative and transportive functions of the Spleen.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. Testa Oryzae Chu Tou Kang develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule. It opens the Stomach, descends Qi and treats occlusion.
  2. Testa Oryzae Chu Tou Kang has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  3. Sucking Testa Oryzae Chu Tou Kang or taking it in decoction cures dysphagia.
  4. Testa Oryzae Chu Tou Kang is burned, pulverized and taken with water to aid childbirth.
  5. Testa Oryzae Chu Tou Kang removes undigested food and is particularly effective for severe food Stagnation.