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Use in other system of medicine:

Decoction of roots and rhizomes for anuria.

- Lye from burned culms is considered abortive.

- Decoction and poultices of grains are emollient.

- Poultice of soft rice, applied to back and chest for coughs and bronchitis.

- Rice water used as an enema.

- Rice, boiled, drained and mashed, is made into a paste or molded into balls and applied to boils, sores, swellings, and skin blemishes.

- Sticky glutinous rice used to treat upset stomachs, heartburn, and indigestion.

- Extracts of brown rice have been used to treat warts, breast and stomach cancers. Also used for indigestion, nausea, and diarrhea.

- In Cambodia, hulls of mature plants used for treating dysentery.

- In Malaysia, boiled rice greens used as eye lotion and inflammation of inner body tissues.

- Dried powdered rice used for skin ailments.

- In India, rice water is prescribed as ointment to counteract inflamed surfaces.

- In Ayurveda, Njavara (Oryza sativa) is widely used as health food and in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, paralysis, neurodegenerative diseases, and in rejuvenation therapy.

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