清热、利大肠。
甘咸寒。有小毒。清热散血。和脾胃。消胀满。下大肠浊气。中其毒者。以莱菔汤解之。
养胃、利小便。
甘淡平。可以养胃。煮汁煎药。亦取其调肠胃。利小便。去湿热。除烦渴之功。（暑月吐泻
大渴、宜饮之。）
糯米 秫米 黍米补气温胃、甘温益气。治脾胃虚寒。泄痢吐逆。小儿痘疮白色。
粳米 米 粟米 粱米（补气养胃、利小便。）甘平益气。养脾胃。利小便。止
烦渴。（罗
天益卫生宝鉴云∶糯粟米粥、气薄味淡、阳中之阴也、所以淡渗下行、能利小便、韩 医通
云∶一人病淋、素不服药、予令专啖粟米粥、绝去他味、旬余减、月余痊、此五谷治病之理
也、张来粥记云∶每晨起食粥一大碗、空腹胃虚、谷气便作、所补不细、又极柔腻、与肠胃
相得、最为饮食之妙诀、齐和尚说山中僧、每将旦、一粥甚系利害、如不食、则终日觉脏腑
燥涸、盖粥能畅胃气、生津液也、又苏轼帖云∶夜饥甚、吴子野劝食白粥云∶能推陈致新、
利膈益胃、粥既快美、粥后一觉、妙不可言也。）一种痰饮之人。不宜食之。（嘉言曰∶粥饮
之、化为痰甚易。予每晨食粥、甚觉合宜、夜膳进粥、即不爽快、正以粥易成痰、早晨行
阳二十五度、不致成痰、即得粥之益、晚间行阴二十五度、即易成痰、则受粥之害、一物也
、早晚宜否之异如此、亦见修养家过午不食、为有理也。）
Clears heat, unblocks the large intestine.
Sweet and salty in flavor, cold in nature. Slightly toxic. Clears heat and dissipates blood stasis, harmonizes the spleen and stomach, reduces distension and fullness, and descends turbid qi from the large intestine. If poisoned by it, detoxify with Radish Decoction (Laifu Tang).
Nourishes the stomach, promotes urination.
Sweet and bland in flavor, neutral in nature. Can nourish the stomach. Boiled juice used to decoct herbs also utilizes its functions of regulating the intestines and stomach, promoting urination, removing damp-heat, and relieving irritability and thirst. (Suitable for drinking during summer months when vomiting, diarrhea, and extreme thirst occur.)
Glutinous rice (Nuomi), Sorghum (Shumi), Broomcorn millet (Shumi): Tonifies qi and warms the stomach; sweet and warm in flavor, benefits qi. Treats deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, and regurgitation. White-colored smallpox lesions in children.
Japonica rice (Jingmi), Rice (Mi), Foxtail millet (Sumi), Coix seed/Job's tears (Liangmi - *Note: Context implies millet varieties*): Tonifies qi and nourishes the stomach, promotes urination. Sweet and neutral in flavor, benefits qi, nourishes the spleen and stomach, promotes urination, and stops irritability and thirst. (Luo Tianyi in *Weisheng Baojian* states: Glutinous and foxtail millet porridge has thin qi and bland flavor, belonging to yin within yang, thus having a mild diuretic effect descending downward, capable of promoting urination. Han Yitong states: A person suffered from strangury (Lin syndrome) and usually did not take medicine. I instructed him to exclusively consume foxtail millet porridge, completely abandoning other flavors. After more than ten days, symptoms decreased; after more than a month, he recovered. This illustrates the principle of grains treating disease. Zhang Lai in *Zhou Ji* states: Eating a large bowl of porridge every morning, when the stomach is empty and weak, grain qi arises immediately. The supplementation is significant, and it is extremely soft and smooth, harmonizing with the intestines and stomach, making it the best secret of diet. Monk Qi said that mountain monks rely heavily on one bowl of porridge at dawn. If they do not eat it, they feel their internal organs are dry and parched all day, because porridge can smooth stomach qi and generate body fluids. Additionally, in Su Shi's letters: "Severe hunger at night," Wu Ziye advised eating white porridge, saying: "It can eliminate old substances and generate new ones, benefit the diaphragm and stomach. The porridge is delicious, and the sleep after eating it is indescribably wonderful." People with phlegm-fluid retention should avoid eating it. (Jiayan stated: Porridge easily transforms into phlegm when drunk. I find it suitable to eat porridge every morning; however, eating porridge for dinner makes me feel uncomfortable, precisely because porridge easily forms phlegm. In the morning, yang qi circulates twenty-five times, preventing phlegm formation, thus gaining the benefits of porridge; in the evening, yin qi circulates twenty-five times, easily forming phlegm, thus suffering the harm of porridge. The same substance differs in suitability between morning and evening so greatly, which also shows that the health preservation practice of not eating after noon is reasonable.)