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 |