Millet

粟米

Name

Su Mi (Millet)

Property

Sweet, salty, cool; kidney, spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Harmonize the spleen and stomach, tonify the kidney, clear heat and remove toxicity.

Indications

Deficiency-heat in spleen and stomach, regurgitation, vomiting, diarrhea and diabetes.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 15~30 g, or made into porriage. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying.

Cations

It is incompatible to Xing Ren.