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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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