Name: Sowing rice
Cereals – Poaceae (Gramineae).
Pharmacy name: rice starch (from seeds) – Orizae amylum (formerly: Amylum Oryzae).
Botanical description. Herbaceous plant up to 1 m in height, with a panicle inflorescence. In tropical and subtropical states, many varieties of seed rice are cultivated.
Active ingredients: starch.
Application. Rice starch softens irritation well; used for enemas and powders (in the form of powder).