Barley is the mature fruit of barley, a green grass plant. It is cultivated all over the country. It is also known as drinking wheat, moumai, rice wheat and bare-shouldered wheat. Its nutritional composition is similar to that of wheat, but its fiber content is slightly higher. high.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, barley is sweet, salty, cool in nature, and returns to the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, digesting food, clearing away heat and diluting water. For weak spleen and stomach, fullness due to food accumulation, you can stir-fry barley with a slightly fragrant aroma and decoct it daily to nourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen, and replenish the vital energy.
To treat diarrhea, shortness of breath and palpitation, you can take 450 grams of barley, soak it in boiling water for 2 hours, and cook porridge with 50 grams of glutinous rice. First use high heat, boil the pot for three times, then cook it with low heat until the porridge is ready. After thickening, sprinkle with brown sugar and eat, 3 times a day, take it warmly each time.
For children with lactation, abdominal distension, boredom and drowsiness, use raw barley flour and mix it with 3 grams of water to overcome the problem. It is also used to treat symptoms such as heat, thirst, difficulty in urination or painful urination. Take 10 grams of barley, decoct it into juice, add appropriate amount of ginger juice and honey, mix well, and take it three times after meals.
Barley contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin, allantoin, etc. Allantoin contained in barley can promote the healing of suppurative wounds and stubborn ulcers when applied topically in a 0.4%-4% solution. Clinical research shows that this product has certain curative effects on gastric and duodenal ulcers and chronic gastritis. It can also be used to treat burns caused by water and fire.
When eaten raw, barley can easily harm people's health. However, when cooking, the temperature and time for roasting should not be too long, because it will easily burn the barley, resulting in poor taste, destruction of vitamins, and reduced nutritional value. , barley is hot in nature after being fried, and it is easy to produce internal heat when eaten, so those with yin deficiency, fever and internal heat should eat less.
Except for people with yin deficiency and internal heat constitution who are not suitable for eating barley, the general population can eat barley. Barley is suitable for people with weak stomach qi and indigestion; people with liver disease, loss of appetite, full stomach and bloating after eating, and women People who experience breast swelling and pain during lactation should eat barley malt.
When women want to wean themselves, they can cook barley malt soup and take it. This soup can also promote abortion. Barley malt should not be eaten for a long time, especially during pregnancy and lactation, otherwise it will reduce milk production. Secretion; a small dose can digest food and resolve stagnation, soothe the liver and relieve stagnation and promote lactation; a large dose has strong dissipation power, dissipates qi and blood and returns milk. When using barley germ to return milk, it must be noted: if the dosage is too small or the germination is too short, it can be used. It affects the curative effect. Barley that has not sprouted will not only have no effect on returning milk after taking it, but will actually increase the amount of milk.
Wheat is the mature fruit of the grass plant Wheat, which is produced in various places. After harvesting, it is used raw, fried or shelled and ground into flour.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wheat is sweet, cool in nature and returns to the heart meridian. It has the effects of nourishing the heart and removing troubles, strengthening the spleen and kidneys, removing heat and quenching thirst. It is used for women with irritability, mental uneasiness, and sadness that makes them want to cry.
Wheat can nourish the heart yin and calm the mind. It is often used with licorice and jujube, such as the classic Ganmai Jujube Decoction. If you want to treat symptoms such as insufficient heart energy, palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, night sweats, and spontaneous sweating, you can use 60 grams of wheat, 100 grams of japonica rice, and 5 jujubes. Wash the wheat, add water and cook, remove the wheat to get the juice, then add japonica rice and jujube and cook together; or mash the wheat first, cook porridge with japonica rice and jujube, and eat it 2-3 times a day, 3 -5 days is a course of treatment.