How to Boil Floating Wheat in Water to Cure False Sweat

Deficiency sweating is commonly characterized by spontaneous sweating and night sweating. Floating wheat has the efficacy of consolidating the epidermis to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscular epidermis) and subduing deficiency heat, and can be used clinically for the treatment of spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by the slightest movement of sweating) caused by qi deficiency, and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and stopping sweating after waking up) caused by yin deficiency. The medicine can be soaked and then poured into a container for decoction. Floating wheat is the dried, flaccid, thin fruit of wheat, family Gramineae. It is sweet, salty and cool in nature, and belongs to the heart meridian. It has the effects of fixing the surface and stopping sweating, and reducing deficiency heat. It can be used in the treatment of spontaneous sweating, night sweating, bone vapor and labor heat. The adverse reactions of floating wheat are not clear, but it is contraindicated for those who have no sweating and are irritable or sweating with deficiency. Floating Wheat can be used by soaking the drug and pouring it into a container for decoction. Before using Floating Wheat, it is recommended to visit a regular hospital and use it under the guidance of a medical professional to identify the symptoms.