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