The efficacy and function of highland barley

Many people are not very clear about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine barley. Let’s take a look below.

[Other names] Highland barley (Qimin Yaoshu), oil wheat (Shanxi Chronicles), naked oats (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities).

[Source] It is the seed kernel of the grass plant highland barley . Harvested in September.

[Original form] Annual herb. The outside of the fibrous roots may be covered with sand. The culms are erect, clumped, about 60 to 80 cm high, and usually have 2 to 3 nodes. The leaf sheaths are loose, and the basal ones are often pubescent; the ligule is transparent and membranous, about 3 mm long; the leaf blades are flat, soft, 8-18 cm long, 3-9 mm wide, slightly rough, and the base of the margins is sometimes sparsely ciliated. The panicle is spreading, pyramidal, 15-20 cm long, and the branches are angular, spiny, and rough; the spikelets contain 3-6 florets, 2-4 cm long; the spikelet axis is tough, glabrous, often curved, and the first internode is up to 1 cm long; the glumes are herbaceous, almost equal, 15-25 mm long, with 7-11 veins; the lemma is glabrous, herbaceous and relatively soft, with 9-11 veins, the base is glabrous, and the apex is usually 2-lobed. The first lemma is 20-25 mm long, without awns or with an awn 1-2 cm long on the upper 1/4 or more, and the awn is thin and weak and erect or recurved; the palea is much shorter than the lemma, with cilia on the ridge. The caryopsis is about 8 mm long and separated from the inner and outer palea.

[Habitat distribution] It is cultivated in Northwest my country, North China, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other places.

[Nature and flavor] "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Tastes salty, nature is cool."

【Functions and indications】 "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can relieve qi and relieve fullness, strengthen tendons and increase strength, remove dampness and induce sweating, and stop diarrhea."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica".

From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that highland barley has many functions. People in daily life can eat barley in appropriate amounts according to their physical conditions. After a period of time, your physical condition will be greatly improved.