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Latin pharmacognostic name: Setariae Semen

Alternate English names: foxtail millet

Alternate Chinese names: 粟 sù; 小米 xiǎo mǐ

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. [= Panicum italicum L.]

Use: Alimentary

Category:

Properties: Sweet and salty; cool.

Channel entry: Kidney, spleen, and stomach channels.*

Indications:

Harmonizes the center, boosts the kidney, eliminates heat, and resolves toxin.

spleen-stomach vacuity heat; stomach reflux; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); diarrhea. Old (i.e., long-stored) millet checks dysentery and resolves vexation and oppression.

Notes: Millet whose ears have long hair is called liáng, e.g., white millet (bái liáng mǐ) and blue millet (qīng liáng mǐ).

Product Area: Widely cultivated in the north.

See also: Qīng liáng mǐ (青梁米 Setariae Semen Cyanum, blue millet); Bái liáng mǐ (白梁米 Setariae Semen Album, white millet)

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