fu xiao mai 浮小麥
By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
Click here to see picture of herb. 按此看浮小麥飲片。
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Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名: |
Semen Tritici Aestivi Levis |
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Biological name: 生物學名: |
Triticum aestivum L. |
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Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音: |
fushobaku |
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Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音: |
pusomaek |
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粵語發音: |
ffau4 sui2 mak6 |
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Other Names: 別名﹕ |
fu shui mai, fu mai 浮水麥、浮麥。 |
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Common Name: 英文名: |
light un-ripen wheat grain |
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Distribution: 分佈: |
throughout northern part of China 中國之北部。 |
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Properties (characteristics) 性味: |
sweet, salty, cool 甘,鹹,涼。 |
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Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經: |
heart, spleen and kidney. 心,脾,腎。 |
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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 . |
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份: |
starch, protein, fat, vitamin B, vitamin E 澱粉,蛋白質,維生素B,維生素E。 |
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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 |
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Samples of formulae: 處方舉例: |
mu li san 牡蠣散 |
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Cautions: 注意: |
not to be used in stopping sweating caused by cold or influenza. 傷風感冒時不可用來止汗用。 Do not use on those without sweating with irritability or sweating with cardiac exhaustion.[1] 無汗而煩躁或虛脫汗出者忌用。[1] |
[1] Sichuan Chinese Herb Journal, 1960.