One, the material is different

1, malt: for the graminaceous plant barley's mature fruit by germination and drying of the concoction of processed products.

2, grain buds: for the mature fruit of the graminaceous plant corn by germination and drying of the concoction of processed products.

2, appearance

1, malt: pike-shaped, 8-12mm long, 3-4mm in diameter, surface yellowish, dorsal surface surrounded by lemmas, with 5 veins; ventral surface surrounded by palea. After removing the palea, there is a longitudinal groove on the ventral surface; young shoots and fibrous roots are produced at the basal radicle, the young shoots are long lanceolate strips, ca. 5mm long, and the fibrous roots are several, slender and curved. The texture is hard, the section is white, powdery.

2. Grain buds: spherical, about 2mm in diameter, with an obtuse rounded tip and a slightly pointed base. The outer shell is leathery lemma, pale yellow, punctate wrinkled, with incipient fine fibrous roots at the lower end, about 3-6mm long, peeling off the lemma, containing pale yellow or yellowish-white caryopsis (millet) l grains.

Three, flavor efficacy

1, malt: sweet and flat. It is a good way to move the qi and eliminate food, strengthen the spleen and open the stomach, back to the breast and eliminate bloating.

2, grain buds: sweet and warm. The two of them are the same as the other two, but they are not the same as the other two, so they are not the same as the other two.

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