即陈仓米
甘、淡。宽中调胃，消食止泻，利溲去湿热，解口渴。配麦芽、黄连，治暑月吐泻。配
赤石
脂、干姜，煮熟取汁，治鱼脑痢。陈仓米三升，水一斗，煮汁澄清饮，治霍乱大渴重症。
即糯秫蒸黄者
甘、酸，微温。入手太阴经气分。治肺疟，及阳盛阴虚，夜不得眠。及食鹅鸭成瘕，妊
娠下
黄汁。去寒热，利大肠。拌沙糖，治久痢。煮鲫鱼，治赤痢。（加葱更好。）杉木水调米粉，
敷漆疮。
炒用入药不滞。气滞者禁用。
即蜀黍，一名芦粟。
甘、涩，温。调中益气，涩肠胃，止霍乱。
根煮汁服，利小便，止喘满。烧灰酒服，治产难有效。
俗呼米仁
甘、淡，微寒。入足阳明、手太阴经气分。除筋骨中邪气不仁，（筋受寒则急，热则缩，
湿
则弛，寒热皆因于湿也。）利肠胃，消水肿。（合郁李仁更效。）治肺痿肺痈，开心气，并
治香港脚、筋急、拘挛。（阳明主润宗筋，宗筋主束骨而利机关，阳明虚则宗筋纵弛。）利小便
热淋。杀蛔，堕胎。配附子，治周痹。配桔梗，治牙齿 痛。配麻黄、杏仁、甘草，治风湿
身疼。佐败酱，化脓为水。蘸熟猪肺，治肺损咯血。
微炒用，治疝气。引药下行，盐水煮，或用壁土炒。治泻痢，糯米拌炒。治肺痈、利二
便，
生用。肾水不足，脾阴不足，气虚下陷，妊妇，四者禁用。
Chencang Mi (Stored Rice)
Sweet, bland. Benefits the middle jiao and harmonizes the stomach, aids digestion and stops diarrhea, promotes urination to eliminate damp-heat, and relieves thirst. Combined with Maiya (Malt) and Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), treats vomiting and diarrhea occurring in summer heat. Combined with Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum) and Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), boiled to extract juice, treats "fish brain dysentery" (a severe type of dysentery). Three sheng of Chencang Mi, boiled with one dou of water, the clarified juice is drunk to treat severe cholera-like disease with intense thirst.
Nuoshu Zhenghuangzhe (Yellowed Steamed Glutinous or Millet Rice)
Sweet, sour, slightly warm. Enters the Qi level of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Treats lung malaria, as well as insomnia at night due to excess Yang and deficiency of Yin. Also treats abdominal masses formed from eating goose or duck, and yellow discharge during pregnancy. Eliminates alternating chills and fever, benefits the large intestine. Mixed with rock sugar, treats chronic dysentery. Boiled with crucian carp, treats bloody dysentery. Adding green onion improves efficacy. Paste made of rice flour mixed with water from fir wood applied externally to treat lacquer poisoning. Stir-fried for medicinal use to prevent stagnation. Contraindicated in cases of Qi stagnation.
Shushu (Sorghum), also known as Lusù.
Sweet, astringent, warm. Harmonizes the middle jiao, supplements Qi, astringes the intestines and stomach, stops cholera-like disease. Juice extracted from the root, when taken orally, promotes urination and stops wheezing and fullness. Ash burned from the plant, taken with wine, effectively treats difficult labor.
Mi Ren (Coix Seed/Job's Tears), commonly called Mi Ren.
Sweet, bland, slightly cold. Enters the Qi level of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian and Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Expels pathogenic factors causing numbness in bones and sinews. (When sinews are affected by cold, they become tense; by heat, they contract; by dampness, they relax. Cold and heat both stem from dampness.) Benefits the intestines and stomach, reduces edema. (More effective when combined with Yuliren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed)). Treats lung wasting-thirst (Fei Wei) and lung abscess (Fei Yong), opens Heart Qi, and also treats beriberi (Hongxiangjiao), tendon tension, and spasms. (The Yangming meridian moistens the Zongjin [major tendons]; Zongjin binds the bones and facilitates joint movement. Deficiency of Yangming leads to laxity of Zongjin.) Promotes urination, treats hot strangury (Re Lin). Kills roundworms, induces abortion. Combined with Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root), treats generalized bi-syndrome (Zhou Bi). Combined with Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), treats toothache. Combined with Mahuang (Ephedra Herb), Xingren (Apricot Seed), and Gancao (Licorice Root), treats body pain due to wind-dampness. Assisted by Baijiangcao (Patrinia Herb), transforms pus into fluid. Dipped in cooked pig lung, treats lung damage with hemoptysis. Lightly stir-fried for treating hernia qi. To guide herbs downward, boil in salt water or stir-fry with wall earth. For treating diarrhea and dysentery, stir-fry with glutinous rice. For treating lung abscess and promoting urination and defecation, use raw. Contraindicated in four conditions: insufficiency of Kidney Water, insufficiency of Spleen Yin, sinking of Qi due to deficiency, and pregnancy.