Introduction of Su Ya:Millet Sprout or Fructus Setariae Germinatus.
✵The article gives records of the herb Millet Sprout, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Setaria italica (L.) Beauv., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Millet Sprout, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Fructus Setariae Germinatus(Millet Sprout).
Pin Yin Name: Gǔ Yá, or Sù Yá.
English Name: Millet Sprout.
Latin Name: Fructus Setariae Germinatus.
Property and flavor: warm nature, tastes sweet or slightly warm, tastes bitter.
Brief introduction: The herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus is the dried and germinated grains of millet, Setaria italica(L.) Beauv., used in the same way as rice-grain sprout to improve digestion for the treatment of poor appetite and dyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Setariae Germinatus, Millet Sprout, Gǔ Yá, or Sù Yá. The name Gǔ Yá is the name recorded in CP, the name Sù Yá is the name recorded in DCTM and CHMM, they are the same herb, the sprout of millet grains.
Botanical source: Herbal classic book defined the herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Millet Sprout) as the dried germinated grains of the plant species (1).Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. It is a plant of the Setaria Beauv. Genus, the Gramineae family (Poaceae, grass family) of the Poales order. This commonly used species is introduced:
(1).Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.
Botanical description: The plant, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv is also known as Panicum italicum L., commonly known as Gǔ Zi, millet, foxtail millet, or Xiǎo Mǐ. An annual rear plant, fibrous roots are thick and big. Culms are stout (thick and strong), grow upright, the plant grows up to 0.1~1 meter tall or higher. Leaf-sheath loosely wraps the stem, has dense warty hairs or is glabrous, hairs near the edge and on the back at the junction of leaf blades are dense, edge has dense cilia; The paraphyll (ligule) has a circle of cilia; Leaf blade is long-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 10~45 cm long, 5~33 mm wide, the front end is pointed, the base is obtuse (blunt), the upper surface is scabrous (coarse and rough), the under surface is slightly smooth.
Panicles are terete (cylindrical) or nearly fusiform (near spindle-shaped), usually pendulous, the base is more or less incontinuous, 10~40 cm long, 1~5 cm wide, often variable with species, the main rachis is densely pilose, bristles are significantly longer than or slightly longer than spicules (spikelets), yellow, brown, or purple. Spicules are elliptic or subsphaeroidal (torulose), 2-3 mm long, yellow, red-orange, or purple; The length of the first glume is 1/3-1/2 the length of the spicules, and has 3 veins. The second glume is slightly shorter than or longer than 3/4 length of the spicules, the front end is blunt (obtuse), and has 5~9 veins; the first lower palea (inferior palea) is the equal length as spicules, and has 5~7 veins, the palea is thin chartaceous(papery), lanceolate, 2/3 its length, the second lower palea (inferior palea) is the equal length as the first lower palea, ovoid or globular (spherical shape), the texture is firm and hard, smooth or has fine dot wrinkles, and fall off from the base of the first lower palea and glume at maturity; the front end of squamation is not flat, slightly undulate; stylopodium is separated. Its flowering period and fruiting period are in summer and autumn.
Ecological environment: The growth period of Setaria italica (L.) Beauv is between 80 d and 130 d, which has the advantages of drought tolerance, poor soil, and storage resistance, and is suitable for growing in arid areas without irrigation. Millet's main production area is in China, which accounts for 80 percent of the world's production. Millet grows in 23 provinces and regions in China.
Characters of herbs: The dried millet buds are globular (spherical shape), about 1 mm in diameter. The surface is yellowish, surrounded by lower palea and palea, and most of them have split, exposing primary roots (buds) with a length of about 1~3 mm, or no primary roots. Peeling off the shell, the fruit is exposed, the surface is pale yellow and smooth, the base has a yellowish-brown plumule, which is about 1 mm long and the endosperm is nearly white. The texture of the herb is firm, the broken surface is white and mealy (powdery), it has no odor, and tastes slightly sweet. The herb of a better grade is yellow, sprouted and grains are in uniform.
Medicinal efficacy: Aid digestion and harmonizing the middle energizer, replenish the spleen and boosting appetite. It is indicated for dyspepsia and indigestion (food retention, indigestion), dyspepsia and distension fullness (food retention, distension and fullness in the abdomen), abdominal distension and bromopnea (distension in abdomen, fetid breath or halitosis), deficiency and weakness of spleen and stomach, no appetite (do not take food), not hungry and poor appetite (no hunger, take little food). The fried millet sprout functions aiding digestion, it is indicated for not hungry and poor appetite (no hunger, take little food). The charred millet sprout functions to reduce food retention and stagnation stasis, it is indicated for food retention and dyspepsia (retention of food, indigestion), etc.
Administration of Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Sù Yá):
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Administration Guide of Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Sù Yá)
TCM Books:
①.Internally: 9~15 grams; ②.Internally:water decoction, 3~5 qian (about 9~15 grams); ③.Internally:water decoction, 10~15 grams;or prepare to finely ground herb powder, prepare to pill, powder.
Contraindications, Precautions and Adverse Reactions: the herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus should avoid using in conditions gastroptosis (ptosis of the stomach), etc.
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1.Introduction of Su Ya:Millet Sprout or Fructus Setariae Germinatus.
✵The article gives records of the herb Millet Sprout, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Setaria italica (L.) Beauv., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Millet Sprout, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Pin Yin Name: Gǔ Yá, or Sù Yá.
Botanical source: Herbal classic book defined the herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Millet Sprout) as the dried germinated grains of the plant species (1).Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. It is a plant of the Setaria Beauv. Genus, the Gramineae family (Poaceae, grass family) of the Poales order. This commonly used species is introduced:
Botanical description: The plant, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv is also known as Panicum italicum L., commonly known as Gǔ Zi, millet, foxtail millet, or Xiǎo Mǐ. An annual rear plant, fibrous roots are thick and big. Culms are stout (thick and strong), grow upright, the plant grows up to 0.1~1 meter tall or higher. Leaf-sheath loosely wraps the stem, has dense warty hairs or is glabrous, hairs near the edge and on the back at the junction of leaf blades are dense, edge has dense cilia; The paraphyll (ligule) has a circle of cilia; Leaf blade is long-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 10~45 cm long, 5~33 mm wide, the front end is pointed, the base is obtuse (blunt), the upper surface is scabrous (coarse and rough), the under surface is slightly smooth.
Ecological environment: The growth period of Setaria italica (L.) Beauv is between 80 d and 130 d, which has the advantages of drought tolerance, poor soil, and storage resistance, and is suitable for growing in arid areas without irrigation. Millet's main production area is in China, which accounts for 80 percent of the world's production. Millet grows in 23 provinces and regions in China.
Characters of herbs: The dried millet buds are globular (spherical shape), about 1 mm in diameter. The surface is yellowish, surrounded by lower palea and palea, and most of them have split, exposing primary roots (buds) with a length of about 1~3 mm, or no primary roots. Peeling off the shell, the fruit is exposed, the surface is pale yellow and smooth, the base has a yellowish-brown plumule, which is about 1 mm long and the endosperm is nearly white. The texture of the herb is firm, the broken surface is white and mealy (powdery), it has no odor, and tastes slightly sweet. The herb of a better grade is yellow, sprouted and grains are in uniform.
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