Exploration of Grains (8) - Barley

 Barley

• Taste: salty, warm, slightly cold, non-toxic.

• Efficacy: Tonify qi and adjust the middle, transform food and diuresis, broaden the middle and lower qi, and have the functions of nutrition and digestion.

• Auxiliary treatment: dyspepsia, malnutrition in children, iliac bone disease, breast distension and pain when women return milk, jaundice, post-hepatitis

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• Remedy:

1) Weak stomach, indigestion, fullness and abdominal distension: 12-15 grams each of barley malt and Liushenqu, decocted in water.

2) Malnutrition in children, chronic gastrointestinal problems, abdominal distension, diarrhea, lack of appetite or hunger: stir-fry barley malt and grind it into fine powder, stir-fry Maozhu into powder, divide the two into equal parts, mix with sugar water, take 3-10 grams each time , 2-3 times a day.

3) Polydipsia in summer: Roast 10 grams of barley, substitute for tea.

4) Women's breast tenderness when breastfeeding: 30-60 grams of barley malt, decocted in water.

5) Sequelae of acute and chronic hepatitis, chest tightness, distension, loss of appetite: each 30 grams of barley malt and capillary wormwood, 15 grams of orange peel, decocted in water.

6) Jaundice: a handful of fresh barley seedlings (about 60-90 grams), 15 grams of flying talc, decocted in water to remove residue, 2 times a day for 7 consecutive days.

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