Light Wheat
Fructus Tritici Levis
Fu Xiao Mai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cool; sweet

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of weakness of the body manifested as spontaneous sweating or night sweating. light wheat (fuxiaomai) is used with oyster shell (muli), astragalus root (huangqi) and ephedra root (mahuanggen) in the formula muli san.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Antisudorific.