Green tree is a kind of crop with strong adaptability, which has strong adaptability to cold and barren. Generally, it is sown in March-May and harvested in July-September, so it is called spring naked barley in the history of cultivation. The general production cycle is 100 ~ 130 days.

Nutritional value of highland barley The nutritional value of highland barley is extremely rich. The flour of highland barley contains thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc and trace element selenium, which is very beneficial to human health. Barley also contains a lot of dietary fiber content. Highland barley also contains a unique starch called amylopectin, which plays a very important role in inhibiting hyperacidity and protecting gastric mucosa. Barley is also the crop with the largest content of β -glucan in wheat crops in the world, which shows that barley is very rich in nutritional value.

The efficacy and function of highland barley contains many substances beneficial to human body, so it has extensive medicinal and nutritional value.

1. Regulate blood sugar

One of the important functions of highland barley is to regulate blood sugar, because highland barley contains a non-starch carbohydrate: β-glucan, which is a low-sugar and low-calorie substance, which can delay the release of blood sugar, make people feel full more easily, and thus stabilize blood sugar. Therefore, it is suggested that ordinary diabetics can eat some highland barley in moderation, which is very beneficial to stabilize blood sugar.

Lower cholesterol

Highland barley can also lower cholesterol. Studies have shown that there is a cholesterol-inhibiting factor in the components of highland barley. This substance has a very good effect of promoting cholesterol excretion, thus inhibiting the rise of cholesterol in human serum. Cholesterol in food can be excreted by this substance before it is absorbed. To prevent cardiovascular diseases from lowering blood lipid and cholesterol.

3. Spleen and stomach

The starch contained in highland barley is unique, which is amylopectin different from ordinary starch. This kind of starch contains a lot of gel mucus, which will be weakly alkaline after heating and can inhibit hyperacidity. But also can relieve and protect the focus, so highland barley has the functions of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and is very suitable for patients with spleen and stomach weakness, listlessness and diarrhea in loose stool.

4. Clearing intestines to prevent cancer

Barley also contains a lot of dietary fiber that is difficult to be digested by the stomach. This dietary fiber can promote gastric peristalsis, reduce the contact between gastrointestinal pathogenic factors and gastrointestinal mucosa by promoting the excretion of harmful substances in the intestine, and indirectly prevent colon cancer.

5. Enhance immunity

Highland barley also contains some elements that can enhance the function of human immune system, which can enhance the disease resistance of human body as a whole and reduce the possibility of people with poor resistance being infected by bacteria or viruses.