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 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

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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.

Being 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.
This herb is said to treat skin verrucosis, nevus and decayed muscles.
This herb is said to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and kill cancer cells.
It is also said that this herb can clear extreme Heat, cure pestilence, cure jaundice and drunkenness and calm the Small Intestine.
It is reported that 15g of this herb can prevent colorectal cancer.
Both Fu Xiao Mai and Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen stop sweating and are often combined to treat spontaneous sweating and night sweats. 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.