Light wheat (Fuxiaomai)
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Tritici levis
Botanical Name: Triticum aestivum
Common Name: Light wheat
Source of Earliest Record: Bencao Mengquan
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The light grain is first soaked in water and then dried.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and cool.
Meridian: Heart
Functions: 1. To tonify qi and clear heat; 2. To stop sweating
Indications & Combinations: Weakness of the body manifested as spontaneous sweating or night sweating. Light wheat (Fuxiaomai) is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Astragalus root (Huangqi) and Ephedra root (Mahuanggen) in the formula Muli San.
Dosage: 15-30 g.
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