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Latin pharmacognostic name: Tritici Farina

Alternate Chinese names: 白面粉 bái miàn fěn

Kingdom: Plant

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

Origin (other sources): Triticum aestivum L.

Use: Alimentary

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Properties:

Indications:

Supplements vacuity; fills out the body; thickens the intestines and stomach; increases strength; nourishes the heart; boosts the kidney; harmonizes the blood; fortifies the spleen.*

stomach-spleen vacuity; insufficiency of heart qì.*

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

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