多食发故疾、闭气。
甘，温，无毒。益气补中。
杖疮肿痛，烧灰香油敷之。不作瘢。（验方第一。）
小儿鹅口，嚼汁敷之。（第二。）
心痛不瘥，四十年者，取泔汁温服。（第三。）
闪肭脱臼，赤黑肿痛，黍米粉、铁浆粉各半斤，葱一斤，同炒研末，酒服三次，再入少
醋贴之。（第四。）
甘，寒。益气补中，凉血解毒。
辟除瘟疫，令不相染，稷米为末，顿服之。
止嗽下气，退热除渴。甚治霍乱，亦调泻痢。
令妇不妒，同薏仁丸服。（验方第一。）
男子阴易，酒煎三两发汗。（第二。）
利小便止喘。烧灰酒服，治难产。
小便不通，蜀秫根三两，扁竹一两，灯草百茎，每流水煎半两。（验方第一。）
治小便淋沙石痛甚，煎汤服。
甘，咸，微寒。养肾益气。治胃热而止渴，除霍乱而利小便。
反胃吐食，为粉，水丸豆大，煮七枚，纳醋中吞之。（验方第一。）
胃热消渴，陈粟米炊饭，干食之。（第二。）
鼻血，为粉，水煮服。（第三。）
粟秫之糠也。
气膈噎塞，刮取含之，亦可煎呷之，亦可蜜丸含咽。（验方第一。）
咽中如有物，吞吐不利，杵头糠、台参、莲肉煎服。（第二。）
Excessive consumption may trigger old diseases and obstruct Qi.
Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Benefits Qi and tonifies the middle Jiao (Middle Burner).
For painful swelling from beating injuries, burn to ash, apply with sesame oil; it will not leave scars. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For infant thrush (oral candidiasis), chew and apply the juice externally. (No. 2.)
For persistent heart pain lasting forty years, take rice washing water and drink it warm. (No. 3.)
For sprain, dislocation, redness, blackness, and painful swelling, mix half a jin of millet flour and half a jin of iron slurry powder, stir-fry together with one jin of scallions, grind into powder, take three times with wine, then add a little vinegar and apply topically. (No. 4.)
Sweet, cold. Benefits Qi and tonifies the middle Jiao, cools blood and resolves toxicity.
Prevents plague, ensuring no transmission; grind Ji Mi (Panicum miliaceum var. compactum) into powder and take in one dose.
Stops cough and directs Qi downward, reduces fever and relieves thirst. Particularly effective for treating cholera-like disease (Huoluan), and also regulates dysentery and diarrhea.
To prevent jealousy in women, take together with Coicis Semen (Yi Yi Ren) pills. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For male Yin Yi disease (post-coital illness), decoct three liang in wine to induce sweating. (No. 2.)
Sweet, astringent, warm, non-toxic. Warms the middle and astringes the intestines.
Promotes urination and stops wheezing. Burn to ash and take with wine to treat difficult labor.
For urinary retention, use San Su Mai Dong Gen (Radix Polygoni Multiflori? Note: Shu Su usually refers to Sorghum, root is likely Sorghum root) three liang, Bian Zhu (Bamboo rhizome) one liang, Juncus effusus (Deng Cao) one hundred stalks, decoct each dose in running water until half remains. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
Sweet, neutral. Harmonizes the middle and opens the stomach.
Treats severe pain from gravelly stranguria (urinary stones), decoct and drink.
Sweet, salty, slightly cold. Nourishes the Kidney and benefits Qi. Treats Stomach heat to stop thirst, eliminates Huoluan and promotes urination.
For regurgitation and vomiting food, make into powder, form pills like beans size, boil seven pills, swallow them after dipping in vinegar. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For Stomach heat with polydipsia (Xiao Ke), cook aged Su Mi (Sorghum vulgare) as rice and eat it dry. (No. 2.)
For epistaxis (nosebleed), make into powder, decoct in water and take. (No. 3.)
Drinking it stops Huoluan and烦渴 (restlessness and thirst); bathing with it treats skin pruritus and scabies.
Sweet, warm. Opens the stomach and strengthens the Spleen, directs Qi downward and harmonizes the middle, transforms food stagnation and resolves accumulation.
This is the bran of Su Mi and Shu Mi.
For Qi obstruction and choking sensation, scrape and hold in mouth, or decoct and sip, or make into honey pills to hold and swallow. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For sensation of a foreign body in the throat with difficulty in swallowing or expectorating, decoct Chu Tou Xi Rang (Millet Bran), Taishen (Codonopsis pilosula), and Lotus Seed and take. (No. 2.)