1, barley is a cereal crop, because of its internal and external glumes separated, the seeds are exposed, so it is also known as naked barley, wheat, rice barley. Mainly produced in China Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, is the Tibetan people's main food. Barley planted on the Tibetan Plateau has a history of about 3,500 years, from the material culture to extend to the field of spiritual culture, on the Tibetan Plateau has formed a rich connotation, very rich in national characteristics of the barley culture. Has a wide range of medicinal as well as nutritional value, has launched a barley noodles, barley steamed bread, barley nutritional powder and other barley products. Barley is the main raw material of tsampa, the first of the four treasures of Tibet.

2, the efficacy of barley:

(1) intestinal detoxification, barley is a dietary fiber content is particularly high in cereal ingredients, and dietary fiber into the human body, it is difficult to be digested, it can accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and can make the stomach and intestine in the adsorption of harmful substances on the surface of them, and with the stools and discharged from the body.

(2) regulation of blood sugar, barley rice on the body's blood sugar has a significant regulatory effect, it contains natural glucan, this substance into the human body, can slow down the release of blood glucose, and people eat barley rice, but also increase satiety, can reduce the body's intake of other high-sugar foods.

(3) enhance the body's immunity, barley is a nutritious cereal ingredients, it contains a variety of trace elements, can improve people's immune function.

(4) anti-cancer, barley contains a variety of essential minerals, including iron, calcium, zinc and phosphorus substances are very high. In addition, it is also rich in the mineral selenium, which is a natural anti-cancer component.