Wheat bran

Wheat bran

(notes on materia medica)

[synonym] bran.

[source] it is the seed coat of wheat, which is sifted out after grinding flour. See "wheat" for details of plant morphology.

Sweet and cool.

① Materia medica: sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "cool. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "salty, cold. "

[Guijing] "Depei Materia Medica": "start with Yangming Sutra. "

[function indications] it is used to treat Hypohidrosis, night sweats, diarrhea, diabetes, stomatitis, heat sores, contusion, rheumatism, arthralgia and beriberi.

① In the collection of Materia Medica, it is said that "making cakes with flour can stop the heat release, remove the heat in the middle, and improve people's health. Steaming with vinegar, filling in bags, ironing waist and feet, relieving pain and dispersing blood. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "it is used to treat febrile sores in time, burn sores in soup, bruise, blood stasis, stir fried with vinegar and stick scenting. "

③ "Compendium": "vinegar steaming ironing hand and foot rheumatism arthralgia, cold wet beriberi, easy to sweat. At the end of the service to stop sweating. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: powder. External use: stir fried with vinegar, ironed or ground.

[formula selection] ① for postpartum Hypohidrosis: wheat bran, oyster, etc. At the end of the day, two yuan was served with pork juice. Take it twice a day. (Hu's prescription for women)

② To cure the pain of Qi loss: mix bran with strong vinegar, stir fry it hot, and iron it in a bag. (Sheng Bian)

③ Treatment of urine and blood: stir fried flour bran, fat pork dip in the food. (jixuanfang)

④ Treatment of children with eyebrow sore: stir fried black wheat bran, grind the powder, and apply it with wine. (compendium)

[clinical application] 1

Use 2 portions of wheat bran ash and 1 portion of borneol, mix and grind them, and rub them on the affected area 2-3 times a day. More than 100 cases were treated, and the effective rate was about 95%.

② Treating diabetes

With 6 / 10 wheat bran, 4 / 10 flour, and proper amount of cooking oil, eggs and vegetables, the content of wheat bran was gradually reduced with the improvement of the disease. No other drugs or nutrients were given during the whole course of treatment. According to the observation of 13 cases of moderate and severe patients, 3 cases of blood glucose dropped to below 140 mg%, 7 cases dropped to below 180 mg%, 10 cases of urine sugar changed from + + +. Or + + + to negative after treatment, the shortest time needed was 4 days, the longest was 98 days, generally turned to negative within 1 month; the general situation was significantly better, weight gain, neuritis caused by diabetes also disappeared.