fu xiao mai

　

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

　

fu xiao mai

　

Pharmaceutical name:	Semen Tritici Aestivi Levis
Latin botanical name:	Triticum aestivum L.
Pron. in Japanese:	fushobaku
Pron. in Korean:	pusomaek
Pron. in Cantonese:	fou siew mak
Other Names: 別名﹕	fu shui mai, fu mai 浮水麥、浮麥。
Common Name:	light un-ripen wheat grain
Distribution:	throughout northern part of China
Properties (characteristics)	sweet, salty, cool
Channels (meridians) entered:	heart, spleen and kidney channels
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	stop instant sweating due to yangxu (yang deficient) or qi deficiency, calming, for insomnia, palpitation, irritation, anxiety, emotional, bedwetting in children, and gu zheng lao re . Note: If night sweating due to yin deficiency, it is better to use zhi bai di huang wan  or dang gui liu huang tang . 用于氣虛或陽虛自汗﹐陰虛 發熱﹐ 鎮靜﹐治失眠﹐心陣跳﹐ 煩躁﹐焦慮﹐情緒不穩﹐小兒夜尿﹐骨蒸勞熱 註﹕陰虛盜汗者用 知柏地黃丸 或用當歸六黃湯. 較為合適。
Chemical ingredients:	starch, protein, fat, vitamin B, vitamin E
Dosage: 用量﹕	9 to 38 g; freeze dried concentrate: 0.5 g to 2 g. 9 ~ 39 克﹔濃縮中藥：0.5∼2.0克
Samples of formulae:	gan mai da zao tang 甘麥大棗湯, mu li san 牡蠣散
Cautions:	not to be used in sweating because of cold or influenza.

Source of fu xiao mai: immature seed of triticum aestivum L. Use those that float in

water and dry under the sun.

禾本科(Gramineae)小麥Triticum aestivum L. 的不飽滿果實。將小麥以水淘之，

浮起者為浮小麥。撈出曬乾，生用。

Last update: Dec 29, 2003; 10:50 p.m. LA