| 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。
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| 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. |