Barley tea is mainly used for removing heat and toxic substances, strengthening spleen and slimming, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, removing fishy smell, greasy food, helping digestion, moistening skin and blackening hair.

Barley tea can also be used for:

(1) Overeating, chest distress and abdominal distension, frying black and grinding clothes have the functions of relieving inflammation, relieving flatulence, regulating middle energizer and stopping diarrhea.

(2) Children with food accumulation, sallow and emaciated, old and weak people, who eat less and are weak, take barley with sugar to replenish qi and strengthen stomach.

(3) Gastrointestinal ulcer, with barley as the staple food, can calm stomach qi and stop dull pain.

(4) Heat and thirst, use barley to decoct water and tea, clear away heat and produce fluid, and relieve thirst.