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Pharm Name
Tritici levis Fructus
Common Name
Wheat
Category
Stabilize and Bind
Ingredients
Taste
Sweet, Salty
Pao Zhi
Temperature
Cool
Action / Indication
Tonifies qi, clears heat, and controls sweating: used to clear heat from the heart, and improve wei qi and benefit yin to treat daytime and nighttime sweating due to deficiency. My also be used to treat steaming bone disorder.
Treatment Principles
Stops Sweating Nourishes Qi and Yin
Contraindication
None.
Dosages
15-30g
Meridians
HT
Tom's Comment
Fu Xiao Mai literally translated is \"Floating Little Wheat\". It is immature wheat and is lighter than regular matured wheat.
Fu Xiao Mai can tonify the Spleen and Lung Qi to control the opening and closing of pores.