The efficacy and function of floating wheat and how to eat it

Every June is the season when wheat matures on a large scale in northern China. It is a common food crop in life. After being collected, the seeds can be ground and processed to make flour for people to eat. But there is also a kind of wheat in the traditional Chinese medicine family, which is floating wheat. This Chinese medicinal material comes from the caryopsis of wheat. After being collected and dried, it can be used directly as medicine. Its main effects are antiperspirant and invigorating qi. Floating wheat can not only be used as medicine, but also can be eaten as a health food. The following is the knowledge related to it, and you can focus on it.

The efficacy and function of floating wheat

1. Replenishing Qi and Eliminating Heat

Floating wheat is a Chinese medicinal material with a cold nature. It can enter the heart meridian. Its main effects are to invigorate qi, eliminate heat and astringe the heart meridian. When people usually have adverse symptoms such as bone steaming, fatigue fever, and yin deficiency fever, they can use floating wheat to treat it. The best way is to boil floating wheat in water and drink it.

2. Diuretic and detumescent

Floating wheat is also a traditional Chinese medicine that can act as a diuretic and reduce swelling. It can be used to treat human urinary problems and enuresis in children. During normal treatment, floating wheat can be taken together with other traditional Chinese medicines such as Alpinia oxyphylla, licorice, and mulberry silkworm cocoons. This will make its diuretic effect even better.

How to eat floating wheat

1. Floating wheat loach soup

Floating wheat can be used to make soup with loach. When making it, you need to prepare 250 grams of loach, 15 grams of floating wheat, 30 grams of astragalus, ten jujubes, and an appropriate amount of ginger. Wash all the jujubes and floating wheat, clean the loach, heat oil in a wok, fry the loach until fragrant, then put it in a stew pot with other ingredients, add water and stew for two hours.

2. Floating wheat pork bone soup

Floating wheat can also be used to make soup with pork bones. When making it, you need to prepare 100 grams of ribs, add 40 grams of floating wheat and 30 grams of floating wheat. Wash the prepared ribs and chop them into small pieces, blanch them in boiling water, remove the water after blanching, put the prepared floating wheat, ivory shreds and other ingredients into the pot, add water and cook into soup, and add salt to taste before serving.