The efficacy and function of sorghum bran

Sorghum rice bran can not only supplement the body's nutritional elements, but also help regulate various functions of the body. It also has high medicinal value. Today, I will take you to learn about sorghum rice bran.

【source】

Medicinal material source: the seed coat of sorghum, a plant of the Poaceae family.

[Original form]

Sorghum, an annual cultivated crop. The culm height varies with the cultivation conditions and variety, and there are usually no white hairs on the nodes. The leaf sheath is glabrous or covered with white powder; the ligule is stiff and papery, with a rounded tip and ciliated edges; the leaf blades are narrow and lanceolate, up to 50 cm long and about cm high. The panicle has whorled, alternate or opposite branches; the sessile spikelets are ovate-elliptical, 5-6mm long, the lower part of the glume is hard leathery, smooth and glabrous when mature, and the upper part and margins are pubescent, bisexual, the stalked spikelets are male or neutral; the rachis internodes and spikelet stalks are linear, with cilia on the margins, but no longitudinal grooves; the back of the first glume is raised or flat, becoming hard and shiny when mature, with a narrow involute margin that gradually folds inward toward the apex, the second glume is boat-shaped with ridges; the first lemma is transparent and membranous, the second lemma is oblong or linear, with two lobes at the apex, with awns extending from between the lobes, or the entire margin is without awns. The caryopsis is obovate, and the lemma is exposed when mature. The flowering and fruiting period is autumn.

【Habitat distribution】

It is cultivated in northern my country.

【Function and indications】

Soothes the stomach and helps digestion. Indigestion in children

【extract】

Chinese Materia Medica

The above only introduces some of the effects and functions of sorghum bran. In fact, it has other effects, which I will not introduce here one by one. If you are interested, you can take a look at the effects and matters recorded in medical books.