Fu Xiao Mai浮小麥
Fructus Tritici LevisLight Wheat Grain
También conocido comoTriticum · Wheat · Wheat Berry · Shriveled Wheat
- Categoría
- Hierbas que estabilizan y astringen
- Naturaleza
- fresco
- Sabor
- dulce, ligeramente salado
- Canales de destino
- Corazón
- Canales secundarios
- Pulmón
- Dosis
- 9–30 g
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Dosis habituales
- Dosis
- 9–30 g
- Tincture
- 2–4 ml
Acciones & indicaciones
- Stops excessive sweating due to Deficiency
- Spontaneous sweating due to Qi Deficiency
- Night sweats due to Yin Deficiency
- Postpartum Deficiency sweat
- Steaming bones
- Nourishes the Heart and calms the Spirit
- Heart Deficiency
- Stops bed wetting in children
- Bed wetting in children
Contraindicaciones
- Contraindicated where sweating is due to External invasion.
- Contraindicated in cases of Cold-Dampness.
Combinaciones
For spontaneous sweating associated with Deficiency.
For sweating associated with steaming-bone disorder.
For night sweats caused by Heat from Yin Deficiency.
- Sheng Di Huang
- Xuan Shen
- Di Gu Pi
- (Mai Men Dong)
For steaming-bone disorder and night sweats caused by Yin Deficiency Heat.
For urinary incontinence in children.
For emotional disorders, disorientation, emotional instability and irritability caused by mild Deficiency of Spleen Qi and Heart Blood.
Notas
- Being sweet, this herb tonifies Qi, nourishes the body and treats steaming-bone disorder.
- It tends to tonify Heart Qi, disperse Dampness and clear Heat, thereby stopping sweating.
- It is said to treat skin verrucosis, nevus and decayed muscle tissue.
- It is said to inhibit cancer cell growth and to kill cancer cells.
- It is also said to clear extreme Heat, cure pestilence, treat jaundice and drunkenness, and calm the Small Intestine.
- A dose of 15g is reported to help prevent colorectal cancer.
- Fu Xiao Mai and Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen both stop sweating and are frequently combined for spontaneous sweating and night sweats. Fu Xiao Mai stops sweating by augmenting Qi and clearing Heat, while Ma Huang Gen works purely by astringing, having no ability to tonify Qi, cool the Heart or clear Heat.
- Wheat (Fr. Tritici) Xiao Mai consists of the ripe grains that sink rather than float; sweet and slightly cold, it enters the Heart channel, nourishes Heart Qi and relieves irritability, treating irritability, restlessness and insomnia as seen in restless organ disorder — for which it is combined with Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao and Fr. Jujube Da Zao.