Floating wheat

Introduction

Floating wheat, also known as floating wheat, is the shriveled and light caryopsis of the wheat plant of the Poaceae family. Floating wheat has the effect of removing false heat and stopping sweating. Floating wheat has the effect of treating yin deficiency fever, night sweats, and spontaneous sweating. The contraindications of the use of floating wheat are that people who have no sweat and are irritable or have fainted and sweated should not use floating wheat.

Drug name: Floating wheat

Efficacy classification: astringent; antipyretic; heat-clearing and detoxifying.

Family classification: Poaceae.

Other name: floating wheat.

Nature and flavor: sweet; cool in nature.

Meridian: Heart Meridian.

Dosage and Administration: For internal use: decoct in water, 15-30g; or grind into powder. To stop the juice, it is better to stir-fry slightly before use.

Medicinal material source: Floating wheat is the shriveled and light caryopsis of the Poaceae plant wheat.

Processing method: remove impurities, sieve out ash, rinse and dry in the sun. "Compendium of Materia Medica": roast.

Nutritional value of floating wheat

Medicinal material properties: oblong, about 6mm long, about 2.6mm in diameter. The surface is yellowish white or light yellowish brown, slightly wrinkled, with a deep longitudinal groove on the ventral side. The top is blunt, with yellow soft hairs, and the other end is obliquely pointed with a navel. The texture is hard or soft, the cross section is white, powdery. Odorless, light taste. The best ones are uniform, light, and free of impurities. Full and plump wheat grains are not suitable for this product.

The efficacy and function of floating wheat

1. Floating wheat to treat men's hemorrhage: Floating wheat and children's urine are fried into powder, and then boiled in sugar and taken. ("Qi Fang Lei Bian")

2. Floating wheat for night sweats and excessive sweating: Floating wheat, stir-fry over low heat until charred, grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mix with rice soup, take frequently. Another method is to take old wheat and boil it with dried dates. ("Health Treasure Mirror")

3. Zhuodengshan said that floating wheat is the skin of wheat, dry and floating without flesh, light and dry in nature, good at removing all rheumatism in the spleen and stomach. If dampness is excessive sweating, fry and boil one or two cups of it and drink it as a decoction. If it is due to deficiency of both yin and yang, resulting in spontaneous sweating and night sweats, it is not suitable. "Compendium of Materia Medica"

4. Floating wheat can nourish the heart, relieve restlessness, eliminate heat, astringe sweat, and promote urination. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine"

5. Fumai can eliminate night sweats and disperse the heat in the skin and knees.

6. Floating wheat can replenish qi and eliminate heat, stop spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bone steaming, and overwork fever in women.

7. Floating wheat can stop sweating.

Side effects and contraindications of floating wheat

It is not recommended for people who have no sweat but are irritable or have fainted and sweat. Sichuan Chinese Medicine Annals, 1960 edition

How to make delicious floating wheat

Floating wheat porridge

Ingredients: 100g japonica rice, 50g floating wheat, 5g rock sugar

practice:

1. Wash the floating wheat and japonica rice separately;

2. Soak in cold water for half an hour, remove and drain;

3. Add about 1000 ml of cold water to the pot, put the floating wheat and japonica rice in, and boil over high heat to make porridge;

4. Add a little rock sugar to the porridge, stir evenly, and then serve.

Effect: Autumn health care, insomnia treatment, spontaneous sweating and night sweats treatment

Floating wheat drink

Efficacy: It replenishes Qi, strengthens the exterior and stops sweating. It is suitable for children with night sweats or daytime sweating while sleeping.

Ingredients: 15 grams of floating wheat, appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Usage: Boil 100 ml of wheat juice and add brown sugar for seasoning.

Floating wheat tea

Ingredients: 30 grams of floating wheat, 9 grams each of Poria cocos and Ophiopogon japonicus.

Preparation method: According to the above dosage ratio, add 10 times the amount and grind into coarse powder. Take 50 grams each time, put it in a thermos, pour in half a bottle of boiling water, tighten the stopper, and drink it as tea after 20 minutes.

Efficacy: Nourishes the heart and calms the mind.

Indications: palpitations, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.

Do’s and Don’ts: Don’t use it if you have deficiency-cold syndrome.

Source: Food, Chinese Medicine and Prescriptions

Floating wheat pig heart soup

Ingredients: 25g floating wheat, 5 jujubes, 1 pig heart, 6g longan meat

practice:

1. Cut the pig heart open and clean the blood;

2. Remove the core of the jujube, wash it, put it into the pot together with the floating wheat, pig heart and longan meat, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 1 hour, season it and it is ready to eat.

Stewed Lamb Tripe with Floating Wheat and Astragalus

Ingredients: 50 grams of floating wheat, 50 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, and 600 grams of sheep tripe.

practice:

1. Wash the lamb tripe, put it into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, take it out, wash it and cut it into pieces.

2. Put the floating wheat, Astragalus membranaceus and lamb tripe into a stewing pot, add 3 cups of boiling water, stew for 3.5 hours, and add salt to taste when eating.

Abalone and Shark's Fin Soup with Floating Wheat and Ginseng

Ingredients: 10 grams of ginseng, 50 grams of abalone, 50 grams of shark fin, 15 grams of floating wheat, 100 grams of water chestnuts, 50 grams of mushrooms, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of green onions, 3 grams of refined salt, 400 milliliters of broth, and 15 milliliters of peanut oil.

practice:

1. Wash the ginseng, soak it and slice it; soak the abalone thoroughly and cut it into flower-shaped pieces; soak the shark fin thoroughly and tear it into strips; remove impurities from the floating wheat, wash it, put it into a gauze bag and tie it tightly; peel the water chestnut and cut it in half; soak the mushrooms thoroughly, wash them, remove the stems and slice them; peel the ginger and slice it; wash the green onions and cut them into sections.

2. Heat the pot over high heat, pour in peanut oil, add ginger and scallion, stir-fry until fragrant, add broth, put in ginseng, abalone, shark fin, water chestnut, floating wheat, and mushrooms, simmer for 100 minutes over low heat until the shark fin is soft and smooth, add salt and serve.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and replenishes qi, removes dampness and lowers blood pressure. Suitable for patients with hypertension.

Floating wheat pork chop beef soup

Ingredients: 1 kg pork ribs, 100 g beef, 50 g each of Pseudostellaria baicalensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Chinese yam, Astragalus membranaceus, and floating wheat, 15 g Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 pitted jujubes, 9 g ginger, and appropriate amount of salt.

Method: Add water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat, add salt to taste, and eat the meat and drink the soup in several meals.

Efficacy: Kuzhiding can treat postoperative night sweats and complications after anorectal surgery.

Medicinal value of floating wheat

1. Treat night sweats and excessive sweating: Floating wheat is not a big deal. Fry it over medium and low heat until it is charred, then grind it into fine powder. Take 2 qian each time, mix with rice soup, and take it frequently. Another method is to take old wheat and boil it with dried dates. (Dusheng Powder in "Health Treasure Mirror")

2. To treat continuous bleeding in men: stir-fry floating wheat and children's urine into powder, boil sugar in water and drink. ("Qi Fang Lei Bian")