dhanya :

General Use:

Rice is a staple food and used by many ways as under:

 Staple food: Rice is used as a staple food by more than 60 percent of world population. Cooking of rice is a most popular way of eating.

 Starch: Rice starch is used in making ice cream, custard powder, puddings, gel, distillation of potable alcohol, etc.

 Rice Bran: It is used in confectionery products like bread, snacks, cookies and biscuits. The defatted bran is also used as cattle feed, organic fertilizer (compost), and medicinal purpose and in wax making.

 Rice Bran Oil: Rice bran oil is used as edible oil, in soap and fatty acids manufacturing. It is also used in cosmetics, synthetic fibers, detergents and emulsifiers. It is nutritionally superior and provides better protection to heart.

 Flaked Rice: It is made from parboiled rice and used in many preparations.

 Puffed rice: It is made from paddy and used as whole for eating.

 Parched Rice: It is made from parboiled rice and is easily digestible.

 Rice Husk: It is used as a fuel, in board and paper manufacturing, packing and building materials and as an insulator. It is also used for compost making and chemical derivatives.

 Rice Broken: It is used for making food item like breakfast cereals, baby foods, rice flour, noodles, rice cakes, etc. and also used as a poultry feed.

 Rice straw: Mainly used as animal feed, fuel, mushroom bed, for mulching in horticultural crops and in preparation of paper and compost.

 Paddy as a Seed: The paddy is used as seed.

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 Flaked Rice: It is made from parboiled rice 

and used in many preparations. 

 Puffed rice: It is made from paddy and used 

as whole for eating. 

 Parched Rice: It is made from parboiled rice 

and is easily digestible. 

 Rice Husk: It is used as a fuel, in board and 

paper manufacturing, packing and building 

materials and as an insulator. It is also used 

for compost making and chemical derivatives. 

 Rice Broken: It is used for making food item 

like breakfast cereals, baby foods, rice flour, 

noodles, rice cakes, etc. and also used as a 

poultry feed. 

 Rice straw: Mainly used as animal feed, fuel, 

mushroom bed, for mulching in horticultural 

crops and in preparation of paper and 

compost. 

 Paddy as a Seed: The paddy is used as seed. 

Therapeutic Uses:

Stanyaksaya, Mutrakrcchra

Systemic Use:

Rice is a nutritive, soothing, tonic herb that is diuretic, reduces lactation, improves digestion and controls sweating

The seeds are taken internally in the treatment of urinary dysfunction. The seeds, or the germinated seeds, are taken to treat excessive lactation. The germinated seeds are used to treat poor appetite, indigestion abdominal discomfort and bloating
The grains are often cooked with herbs to make a medicinal gruel

The rhizome is taken internally in the treatment of night sweats, especially in cases of tuberculosis and chronic pneumonia. The rhizomes are harvested at the end of the growing season and dried for use in decoctions

Administration:

-A poultice of rice may be used as a substitute for one of linseed meal, and finelypowdered rice flour may be used, like that of wheat flour, for erysipelas, burns, scalds, etc.

Pharmacological:

rA decoction of rice, commonly called ricewater is recommended in the Pharmacopceia of India as an excellent demulcent, refrigerant drink in febrile and inflammatory diseases, and in dysuria and similar affections. It may be acidulated with lime-juice and sweetened with sugar. This may also be used as an enema in affections of the bowels.A decoction of rice, commonly called ricewater is recommended in the Pharmacopceia of India as an excellent demulcent, refrigerant drink in febrile and inflammatory diseases, and in dysuria and similar affections. It may be acidulated with lime-juice and sweetened with sugar. This may also be used as an enema in affections of the bowels.Roots are diuretic and ash of husk is a fine abrasive constituent in tooth powder. The endosperm or rice is amyliferous and nutritive. Any gruel could be made sour by keeping it sealed in a vessel for seven days or until it is sour. It is filtered before use.---rice is 

considered to be acrid, oleaginous, tonic, 

aphrodisiac, fattening, diuretic and useful in 

biliousness 

Kotakkal Ayurveda - Mother land of modern ayurveda

dhanya - Oryza sativa Linn., Oryza plena Chowdhury - Poaceae