INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Fructus Tritici Levis Triticum |
| Common English: | Light Wheat Grain Wheat Wheat Berry Shriveled wheat |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Slightly Salty |
Cool |
Heart (Lung) |
9-30g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Stops excessive sweat due to Deficiency |
Spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency Night sweats due to Yin Deficiency Postpartum Deficiency sweat Steaming bones |
Nourishes the Heart and calms the Spirit |
Heart Deficiency |
Stops bed wetting in children |
Bed wetting in children |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Astragali |
Cx. Lycii |
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Spontaneous sweating associated with Deficiency |
Sweating associated with steaming bone disorder |
Nightsweats due to Heat from Yin Deficiency |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Ootheca Mantidis |
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Steaming bone disorder Night sweats due to Yin deficiency Heat |
Urinary incontinence in children |
Emotional disorders, disorientation, emotional instability, and irritability due to mild Deficiency of the Spleen Qi and Heart Blood |
Rx. Astragali |
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Treats spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency and nightsweats due to Qi Deficiency. |
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- Bring sweet, this herb has a Qi tonification property. It tonifies Qi, nourishes the body and treats steaming bones.
- This herb tends to tonify Heart Qi, disperse Dampness and clear Heat to eliminate sweating.
- Both Fu Xiao Mai and Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen stop sweating and are often combined to treat spontaneous sweating and nightsweats. Fu Xiao Mai augments Qi and clears Heat to stop sweating, while Ma Huang Gen astringes. it has no ability to tonify Qi, cool the Heart or clear Heat.
- Wheat (Fr. Tritici) Xiao Mai are the ripe grains that do not float. They are sweet, slightly cold, enter the Heart channel, nourish Heart Qi and eliminate irritability to treat irritability, restlessness and insomnia as in restless organ disorder, for which it is combined with Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao and Fr. Jujube Da Zao.

