Triticum  aestivum  小 麦  Xiǎo mài   Common wheat Family:  Gramineae  
Triticum aestivum is the most common species of wheat, that is the most widely cultivated in the world.

小 麦 籽 粒 Xiǎo mài zǐ lì   Wheat grain     
Nature- cool   FLAVOR: Sweet     CHANNEL: Heart, Spleen, Kidney
FUNCTIONS
1. Nourishing the Heart.[1,2,3]
2. Tonify the Kidney.[1,2,3]
3. Removing pathogenic Heat and relieving thirst.[1,2]
INDICATIONS
1. Mental - Used to treat hysteria in women.[1,3] Dysphoria. Mental depression with hot sensations.
2. Diabetes, diarrhea.[3] Dysentery.[1,2]
3. Carbuncles and skin swelling.[1,2]
4. Bleeding due to external injury. Burns.[1,2,3]
CONTRAINDICATIONS:  Noodles should be avoided by those who are ill with Damp Heat conditions.[2]
PREPARATIONS: To be decocted, made into gruel or made into cooked wheaten food for oral regular administration.
Externally- When used externally, it is to be roasted and ground into powder to treat carbuncle and swelling, injuries and scald.  Cook or dry until black and crushed into powder for external use.[1]
- Boil 30 g whole wheat kernels with 10 g licorice and 5 red dates in water. Eat once a day to cure hysteria in women. This is a time honored recipe frequently used in Chinese medicine for hysteria in women.[3]
- Fry what until charred and grind into powder to mix with oil for external applications to relieve burns.[3]

麦 麸 Mài fū  Wheat bran  
Nature- cool FLAVOR: Sweet CHANNELS: Stomach
INDICATIONS
1. Stomatitis.[3] Oral herpes.[3]
2. Rheumatism, beriberi, dishcharge of urine containing blood.[3]
RESEARCH
- A treatment of diabetes: Steam 60% wheat bran and 40% all purpose flour; add an adequate amound of vegetable oil, eggs and vegetables. Eat at meals to relieve diabetes. Cases of diabetes have shown a reduction in blood sugar within 1 month along with the disappearance of neuritis associated with diabetes.[3]


浮 小 麦 Fú Xiǎo Mài   Floating wheat, Immature wheat grains   
These are wheat grains that appear shrivelled because they are harvested early.
Nature: Cool    FLAVOR:  Sweet-salted CHANNELS: Heart
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Hemostatic and Astringent
1. Astringent
2. Tone Heart and remove Heat.[1]
INDICATIONS
1. Excessive perspiration, night sweat.[1]
COMBINATIONS
- Deficiency of Heart Blood with Disharmony between Liver and Spleen:Nourishes the Heart Blood and calms the Shen, regulates and tonifies the Middle Jiao Wheat & Jujube- Gan mai da zao wan.
PREPARATIONS: Boil or powder by crushing after fried.[1]

神 曲 Shén qū-"Spirits leaven"    Medicated leaven- Fermented wheat flour + herbs       
Mixed wheat flour, bran, and several other herbs, such as aerial parts of Xanthium-Cang er zi- Cocklebur, Persicaria hydropiper- La liao cao- Water Smartweed, Prunus armeniaca- Apricot kernels- Xing ren, juice of Artemisia annua- Qing hao, Vigna umbellata- Adzuku bean powder- Chi xiao dou. The mixture is placed into a basket; and covered with apocynum venetum leaves or paper mulberry leaves. It is kept warm and left to ferment for a week and taken out when yellow mycelium appears on the surface. It is then cut into small pieces and dry them in the sun. Medicinally it is used raw or fried.

Nature: Warm       FLAVOR: Sweet, Pungent  CHANNELS: Spleen, Stomach
ACTIONS
 GROUP: Digestive and Evacuants
1. Aids digestion, purges worms (if appropriate herbs are added).[4]
INDICATIONS
1. Tightness and distension of the chest and abdomen, indigestion, diarrhea.[4]
COMBINATIONS
- Spleen and Stomach Qi deficiency with stagnation of food and Dampness: Strengthens the spleen and Stomach, eliminates the Damp Retention and improves the digestion Ginseng, Dioscorea & Coix- Zi sheng wan.
PREPARATIONS: Dosage: 6-15 g. 5-9 g.[4]



Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum  飴 糖  Yí táng   Malted Barley or Wheat  See Hordeum vulgare- malt Barley
GROUP: Tonic- Qi
References
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