One_The taste is different.

Baby barley is easy to cook thoroughly, and the soup is thick and tastes good. Generally we choose small ones for making soup.

Large barley seeds are not easy to cook thoroughly. They are large and have hard kernels in the middle and have a medicinal smell.

Two_the appearance is different.

Big barley is larger in appearance

Although small barley is smaller, its color is darker.

Three_The medicinal values ??are different.

Barley has the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetizing. It is sweet and warm in nature, can digest food, reduce qi, and restore milk.

Large barley contains crude protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals that are better than small barley, and can clear away heat and remove dampness.

Extended information:

Barley (Coixlachryma-jobi? L.), also known as coix kernel, barley rice, barley kernel, etc., is widely cultivated in China, Japan and Vietnam and is a traditional It is a cereal resource that can be used both as medicine and food, and is known as the "King of Gramineae in the World".

Barley seeds are rich in amino acids, coixin, coix esters, and triterpenoid compounds. Barley kernels contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, etc.

Barley grows in the warm and humid areas of Shibian and valleys and gullies, and is more common at altitudes below 2,000 meters. It is rich in nutritional value and has pharmacological effects. It has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-tumor, hypoglycemic and analgesic effects, and is deeply loved by consumers.

Morphological characteristics of barley: annual herb. The stalk is 1-1.5 meters high, with 6-10 nodes and many branches.

The leaves are broadly spread and hairless. The racemes are axillary, and the male inflorescence is located in the upper part of the female inflorescence, with 5-6 pairs of male spikelets.

The female spikelet is located at the lower part of the inflorescence and is surrounded by a chitinous involucre; the involucre is oval, with a neck-like beak at the apex and an oblique mouth. The base is short and contracted, 8-12 mm long. , 4-7 mm wide, with vertical straight stripes, thin texture, can be broken by rubbing and pressing with fingers, dark brown or light brown.

The caryopse is large, oblong, 5-8 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, 3-4 mm thick, with a wide groove on the ventral surface, a brown hilum at the base, and a solid, white texture. Or yellowish white. The male spikelet is about 9 mm long and 5 mm wide; there are 3 stamens and the anthers are 3-4 mm long.

Chromosome 2n=20. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to December.

Efficacy: Barley has high nutritional value and medicinal value.

In addition to being rich in high-quality proteins, carbohydrates, fats, mineral elements and vitamins, it is also rich in polysaccharides, fatty acids and their esters, flavonoids, triterpenoids and other active ingredients.

It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, anti-tumor, scavenging free radicals, etc. Therefore, barley can be used as both food and medicine.

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