You can drink raw barley soaked in water, but uncooked barley is better. You can only drink water after soaking raw barley. The barley inside is inedible. You can also fry the barley at ordinary times. After being cooked, it can be used to make tea. Barley can be used to dehumidify and dilute water. It has a good therapeutic effect on people with edema, and it also has a good spleen-strengthening effect. The elderly eat barley. It is recommended to use barley to make porridge. At the same time, adding some fresh dates, yams, lilies and other foods to it will have a good effect of tonifying the spleen and kidneys, and the cooked barley will be easier to digest.