Rice bran

Rice bran

(compendium)

[synonym] chongchutouxifuru (bielu), gubaipi (qianjinyifang), xifuru (shenghuifang), chutoufuru (Shengji Zonglu), mizhuo (food materia medica) and mizfuru (new prescription).

[source] it is the seed coat of rice. See "japonica rice" for plant morphology.

[chemical composition] it contains oil, which contains triterpenes and triglycerides, commonly known as oryzanol. Among them, there are ferulic acid esters of cyclojackineol, 24 methyl cyclojackineol, cyclojackineol, cholesterol, trimethylsterol, dihydro - γ - sitosterol, dihydro - β - sitosterol, β - sitosterol, rapeseed oil sterol, stigmasterol, 24 methylene cyclojackineol, etc.

It also contains triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and free fatty acids (palmitic acid is about 50%), squalene, ferulic acid, sterols, higher fatty alcohols, hydrocarbons, phospholipids, lipoproteins, vitamin B16, B1, and e groups.

It also contains an anti-tumor substance (23.6 g / kg), which may be polysaccharide compounds (mainly pentose and hexose), soluble in water, insoluble in general organic solvents.

It also contains furoside, which is the glucoside of furosigenin.

[pharmacological action] oryzanol can act on the hypothalamus and limbic system of the brain. Oral administration of 10-30 mg, three times a day or subcutaneous or intramuscular injection of 10 mg can improve the dysfunction of autonomic nerve. It is proved that it can promote the growth of rats and increase the content of glycogen in liver. For ovariectomized rats, subcutaneous injection can cause estrous changes, but oral administration has no effect; for mice, sheep and cattle, it can also cause these changes. When the dose increased, the effect was not enhanced. It has no vitamin E-like effect on rats.

A kind of anticancer substance was extracted from rice stalk, husk or bran, which was effective on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and sarcoma-180 in mice.

When a certain Penicillium is parasitized on brown rice (called "yellow rice" in Japanese), it can produce toxic substances, i.e. chlorinated polypeptides and xanthotoxins. Feeding a large number of animals (rats or rabbits) can cause acute liver damage and death, and a long-term small amount can cause liver cirrhosis.

[nature and taste] pinhui Jingyao: "Gan Xin, Ping, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] "Depei Materia Medica": "start with, zuyang Mingjing. "

[function indications] for choking diaphragm and beriberi.

① Bielu: "master and death choke. "

② Wang Ying's "food Materia Medica": "Tongchang, appetizer, Xiaqi, grinding block. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decocting soup or taking pills or powder.

[prescription selection] 1. For the treatment of diaphragmatic Qi and choking throat, the diet is not enough: the thin bran is on the mouth of the pestle, and the honey pill is as big as a ball. Regardless of the time, it contains one pill to swallow the body fluid. (Sheng Hui Fang)

② Treat throat obstruction, if there are things, huff and puff: pestle head bran, ginseng, fried stone lotus meat each one money. Take it in water, three times a day. (Sheng Ji Zong Lu)

③ Treat beriberi often for: grain white skin five liters (do not take spots, toxic). With a bucket of water, boil seven liters, remove dross, cook rice porridge, often eat it, that is not hair. (Gu Baipi porridge in qianjinyifang)

Chinese PinYin : Mi Pi Kang