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Source: Yǐn Shí Biàn Lù 饮食辩录

Ingredients

• Fú xiǎo mài (浮小麦 Tritici Fructus Levis, light wheat [grain]) 30–60g
• Jīng mǐ (粳米 Oryzae Semen, non-glutinous rice) 60g
• Dà zǎo (大枣 Jujubae Fructus, jujube) 5 pieces

Actions: Nourishes the heart and checks vacuity sweating; supplements the spleen and stomach.

Indications: Insufficiency of heart qì, heart palpitation, fearful throbbing, insomnia, visceral agitation (zàng zào) in women, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, and spleen vacuity diarrhea.

Rationale: Wheat, which has been known to the Chinese at least since the Shāng Dynasty, and has long been a major staple in Northern China, nourishes the heart, boosts the kidney, harmonizes the blood, and fortifies the spleen.

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