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Latin pharmacognostic name: Tritici Semen

Kingdom: Plant

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

Origin (other sources): Triticum aestivum L.

Use: Alimentary

Category: Astringing agents / Sweat-checking agents

Properties: Sweet; cool.

Channel entry: Heart, spleen, and kidney channels.

Indications:

Nourishes the heart, reinforces the kidney, eliminates heat, and allays thirst.

visceral agitation (zàng zào); heat vexation; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); heat strangury with inhibited urination. Used to treat visceral agitation (zàng zào) in ganmaidazaotang.

See also: Fú xiǎo mài (浮小麦 Tritici Fructus Levis, light wheat [grain])

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