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Latin pharmacognostic name: Tritici Fructus Levis

Alternate Chinese names: 浮水麦 fú shuǐ mài; 浮麦 fú mài; 淮小麦 huái xiǎo mài

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Triticum aestivum L. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Triticum aestivum L.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Astringing agents / Sweat-checking agents

Properties: Sweet; cool.

Channel entry: Heart channel.

Indications:

• Secures the exterior, constrains sweat, and boosts qì: Spontaneous sweating; night sweating.
• Eliminates heat: Steaming bone taxation heat.

Dosage & Method: Oral: 9–30g in decoctions. It can be used raw or stir-fried until it gives off an aroma. When taken as a powder, the dosage is 3–5g each time.

Warnings: Contraindicated in sweating due to exterior evils.

Notes: This item is wheat grain that floats in water, as opposed to grain that sinks.

Product Description: This is immature unhulled grains of wheat, called light wheat (in Chinese, literally floating wheat) because it is the grains that float to the surface when placed in water, as opposed to those that sink (mature grains).

Product Area: Hénán, Tiānjīn.

Etymology: The name fú xiǎo mài 浮小麦 literally means floating wheat or wheat that floats.

See also: Xiǎo mài (小麦 Tritici Semen, wheat); Xiǎo mài miàn fěnw (小麦面粉 Tritici Farina, wheat flour)

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