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Light Wheat

Light Wheat. Class: Astriction. Properties: Cool; Sweet. Meridians: Spleen; Heart; Kidney

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Fu Xiao Mai
中文名 (Chinese)
浮小麦
Latin Name
Fructus Tritici Levis
English Name
Light Wheat
Alias Names
浮麦
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Cool; Sweet
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Heart; Kidney
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Astriction
功效分类 (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of 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.
Indication (主治)
Antisudorific.
Clinical Manifestations
Antisudorific.
🔗 External References
TCMID
6289
TCM-ID
621