Wheat Seed Classic Formulas … Natural Herb Library

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Nourishes the Heart and eases irritability ... ordinary Xiao Mai appears in formula and food-medicine settings for emotional fragility, restlessness, and post-illness vexation.
Generates fluids and relieves dryness or thirst ... whole wheat grain is used more as a gentle nourishing cereal lane than as a strong single-herb corrective.
Supports the middle through medicinal food use ... the grain can be used in congee, gruel, or decoction settings when a mild calming and nutritive substance is appropriate.

Gan Mai Da Zao Tang ... the classic wheat-containing formula for zang-zhao style emotional restlessness, grief, crying, insomnia, and post-illness irritability.
Congee and gruel prescriptions for convalescent thirst or agitation ... common food-medicine logic when the patient needs support rather than aggressive intervention.
Pairings with Da Zao and Gan Cao ... the classical calming-and-nourishing direction that defines Xiao Mai more than sweating control does.

Traditional sources distinguish ordinary Xiao Mai from floating wheat and place it in a more nourishing, calming, food-adjacent lane.
Its medicinal value is gentle and cumulative ... it is used to steady the Heart and support fluids rather than to strongly purge, move, or astringe.