Properties of sesame, wheat and barley

Sesame is described as hot, astringent, bitter and sweet (the commentary names astringent and sweet), binding (stopping fluid discharges), kindling digestion and light to digest; applied to boils and wounds it cleanses and heals them. Wheat and barley are like sesame but cold, strengthening and strongly aphrodisiac (the commentary: strength-giving and nourishing when unripe); their merits and faults should be weighed before use.