If we simply talk about whether it is drinkable, this method is indeed drinkable, but the various pharmacological effects of barley will not be brought into play. Barley must be cooked or fried before it can truly exert its value. .

Explanation that the following effects refer to raw barley cooked in soup and taken; if it is used to strengthen the spleen and stomach, benefit the intestines and stomach, and treat spleen deficiency and diarrhea, it needs to be fried and used.

Alternative names

Six-grain rice, medicinal corn, coix seed, and Bodhi beads.

Its nature and flavor are sweet, slightly cold, and non-toxic.

Returns through the spleen, stomach, lungs and large intestine.

Efficacy: clear away heat and dampness, remove rheumatism, facilitate urination, benefit the lungs and expel pus, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and strengthen muscles and bones.

It is mainly used to treat rheumatic body pain, damp-heat athlete's foot, damp-heat cramps, damp paralysis, edema, lung atrophy and lung abscess, cough and vomiting pus and blood, laryngeal paralysis and carbuncle, and intestinal carbuncle and hot stranguria.

Contraindicated: Pregnant women and those with constipation should not use it; those with vaginal discharge and excessive urination should not consume it.