救荒。
甘平。益气轻身。久服不饥。坚筋骨。能步行。生河西。苗似蓬，子似葵，九月十月熟，
可
为饭食。（河西人语曰∶贷我东 、偿尔田粱、郭仪恭广志云∶东 子似葵、青黑色、并凉
间有之、时珍曰∶相如赋东雕凋胡、即此、魏书云∶乌丸地宜东 、似 、可作白酒、又广
志云∶粱禾蔓生、其子如葵子、其米粉白如面、可作 粥、六月种、九月收、牛食之尤肥、
此
救荒。
酸涩平。作饭食。不饥。无异粳米。（蓬类不一、有雕蓬、即菰米也、又有黄蓬、青科、
飞
蓬、黄蓬草生湖泽中、叶如菰蒲、秋月结实成穗、子细如雕胡米、饥年人采食之、须浸洗曝
舂、乃不苦涩、青科、西南夷人种之、叶如茭黍、秋月结实成穗、有子如赤黍而细、其稃甚
薄
之类、末大本小、风易拔之、故号飞蓬、子如灰 菜子、亦可济荒
、又魏略云∶鲍出遇饥岁、采蓬实、日得数斗、为母作食、葛洪西京杂记云∶宫中正月上辰
、出池边盥濯、食蓬饵、以祓邪气、大抵三种蓬子、亦不甚相远。）
救荒。
甘寒。作饭去热。利肠胃，益气力，久食不饥。（藏器曰∶生米田中、苗似小麦而小、
四月
熟、可作饭、郭璞尔雅注疏云∶一名守气、生废田中、似燕麦、子如雕胡、可食。）
Also known as Jiaomi (Zizania latifolia grain). Used for famine relief.
Sweet and cold in nature. Stops thirst. Relieves vexatious heat. Harmonizes the intestines and stomach. Can alleviate hunger.
Used for famine relief.
Sweet and neutral in nature. Benefits Qi and lightens the body. Long-term consumption prevents hunger. Strengthens sinews and bones. Enables vigorous walking. Grows in the Hexi region. The seedling resembles Peng grass, the seed resembles Kai vegetable, ripens in the ninth and tenth lunar months,
can be
used as rice food. (The folk saying of Hexi people goes: "Lend me Dong , repay you with Tianliang"; Gu Yigong's *Guangzhi* records: "Dong seeds resemble Kai vegetables, greenish-black, occasionally found in the Liangzhou area"; Li Shizhen states: "The 'Dong Diao Diao Hu' mentioned in Sima Xiangru's fu is this plant"; *Book of Wei* records: "Wuwan regions are suitable for planting Dong , similar to , can be used to brew white wine"; again *Guangzhi* records: "Liang he grows creeping, its seeds like Kai seeds, rice flour white as dough, can make porridge, sown in June, harvested in September, cattle eating it become especially fat, this
Used for famine relief.
Sour, astringent, and neutral in nature. Made into rice food. Prevents hunger. No difference from Jingmi (Japonica rice). (There are various types of Peng plants; there is Diaopeng, which is Gumii; there is also Huangpeng, Qingke,
Feipeng. Huangpeng grass grows in lakes and marshes, leaves like Gupushuang, bears fruit in spikes in autumn, seeds fine like Diao Hu rice, people gather and eat them in famine years, must soak, wash, sun-dry, and thresh, then they are not bitter or astringent. Qingke, planted by the Southwestern Yi people, leaves like Jiaoshu, bears fruit in spikes in autumn, has seeds like Chishu but finer, husks very thin, etc., thick at the base and small at the top, easily uprooted by wind, hence named Feipeng, seeds like Hui Cai seeds, can also relieve famine. Also *Wei Lue* records: "Bao Chu encountered famine years, gathered Peng fruits, obtained several dou daily, made food for his mother"; Ge Hong's *Xijing Zaji* records: "In the palace, on the first Chen day of the first lunar month, washing hands and mouth by the pool, eating Peng cakes, to expel evil qi, roughly these three types of Peng seeds are not very different.")
Used for famine relief.
Sweet and cold in nature. Made into rice food to remove heat. Promotes bowel movement, benefits Qi and strength, long-term consumption prevents hunger. (Chen Cangqi says: "Grows in paddy fields, seedlings similar to wheat but smaller,
ripens in April,
can make rice food"; Guo Pu's commentary on *Erya* records: "Also known as Shouqi, grows in abandoned fields, similar to Aoyan, seeds like Diao Hu rice, edible.")