Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名：

Semen Tritici Aestivi Levis

Biological name:

生物學名：

Triticum aestivum L.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

fushobaku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

pusomaek

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵語發音：

ffau4 sui2 mak6

Other Names: 別名﹕

 fu shui mai, fu mai

浮水麥、浮麥。

Common Name:

英文名：

light un-ripen wheat grain

Distribution:

分佈：

throughout northern part of China

中國之北部。

Properties (characteristics)

性味：

sweet, salty, cool

甘，鹹，涼。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

heart, spleen and kidney.

心，脾，腎。

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。
　

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。

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:

處方舉例：

gan mai da zao tang 甘麥大棗湯,

mu li san 牡蠣散

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]