Fu Xiao Mai - 浮小麥 - Fructis Tritici Levis - Wheat

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fructus Tritici Levis Triticum
Common English:	Light Wheat Grain Shriveled Wheat Wheat Wheat Berry

Category

Herbs that Stabilize and Bind (Astringents)

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Slightly Salty	Cool	Heart (Lung)	9-30g Tincture: 2-4ml 15-30g (Secondary source)

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Stops excessive sweating 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, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Rx. Astragali Huang Qi Concha Ostreae Mu Li (Rx. Ephedrae) (Ma Huang Gen) (Fr. Schisandrae) (Wu Wei Zi)	Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi	Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
Spontaneous sweating associated with Deficiency.	Sweating associated with steaming bone disorder.	Night sweats due to Heat from Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi (Rx. Ophiopogonis) (Mai Men Dong)	Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren	Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao Fr. Jujube Da Zao
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 Huang Qi
Treats spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency and night sweats due to Yin Deficiency.

Notes

1. Its sweet taste gives it a Qi-tonifying quality: it tonifies Qi, nourishes the body and addresses steaming bones.
2. It tends to tonify Heart Qi, disperse Dampness and clear Heat, thereby stopping sweating.
3. It is reputed to treat skin verrucosis, nevus and decayed muscles.
4. It is reputed to suppress the growth of cancer cells and to kill them.
5. It is further said to clear extreme Heat, cure pestilence, jaundice and drunkenness, and calm the Small Intestine.
6. According to reports, 15g of this herb can prevent colorectal cancer.
7. Fu Xiao Mai and Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen both stop sweating and are frequently combined for spontaneous sweating and night sweats. Fu Xiao Mai stops sweating by augmenting Qi and clearing Heat, whereas Ma Huang Gen works by astringing and cannot tonify Qi, cool the Heart or clear Heat.
8. Wheat (Fr. Tritici) Xiao Mai consists of the ripe grains that sink rather than float. Sweet and slightly cold, it enters the Heart channel, nourishes Heart Qi and eliminates irritability, so it treats irritability, restlessness and insomnia as seen in restless organ disorder; for this it is combined with Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao and Fr. Jujube Da Zao.
9. Calming the Spirit is attributed to Xiao Mai (ripe wheat), while Fu Xiao Mai inhibits sweating (Secondary source)