There is a lot of online discussion about whether barley tea has the effect of returning milk. Some people think that it has the function of promoting lactation, not returning milk. In fact, there is a mystery in this.

Viewpoint 1: Barley tea can be returned to milk.

In the Pharmacopoeia of China, it is recorded that "raw malt: invigorating the spleen and regulating the stomach to promote lactation, which is used for spleen deficiency, eating less, and milk obstruction. Stir-fried malt can promote qi circulation, clear food and restore milk, and is used for indigestion and weaning women; Burnt malt: digestion and stagnation, used for irregular food accumulation and abdominal pain. " Raw malt has the function of promoting lactation, fried malt has the function of returning milk, and raw and cooked malt is the opposite.

Viewpoint 2: Barley tea cannot be returned to milk.

For the above description, modern pharmacological researchers believe that raw malt contains a substance called wheat amine compounds, which can inhibit the secretion of milk, so it can play the role of double milk, while fried wheat malt contains much less wheat amine substances, so the role of double milk is reduced.

In fact, milking barley tea is feasible. Milk raw malt, stir-fried malt or burnt malt. It is necessary to distinguish between the two. Otherwise, some people who want to milk will eat barley tea brewed with fried malt or burnt malt by mistake, which will not only lead to milk return, but will be counterproductive.