稻芽又名谷芽,由禾本科植物稻的成熟果实经发芽干燥而成,为常用中药。稻芽的发芽率与药品质量有直接关系。近年来,我市常有以仅少量发芽,大部分为稻粒的“稻芽”作配方使用。经调查主要是由于使用存放多年的陈谷,发不出芽之故。为了避免用陈谷发芽,提高发芽率,保证药品质量,并减少不必要的浪费,笔者进行了用“四唑法”测定稻谷的生活力来推算发芽率的实验研究,与目前普遍采用的常规发芽率试验法 Paddy rice, also known as Guya, from the gramineous rice ripening fruit germination and drying from the commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. The germination rate of rice buds is directly related to the quality of the medicines. In recent years, the city often have only a small amount of germination, most of the rice grain “rice buds” for formula use. After the investigation is mainly due to the use of stored for many years of Chen Valley hair can not bud it. In order to avoid the germination of Chen Gu, improve the germination rate, to ensure the quality of drugs, and reduce unnecessary waste, the author conducted a “tetrazolium method” to test the viability of rice to calculate the germination rate of experimental studies, and currently commonly used routine Germination rate test method