Germinated
Barley (mai ya)
Fructus
Hordei Germinatus
Properties:
The herb is sweet in flavour, neutral in nature, and it
acts on the spleen, stomach and liver channels. Being
sweet for tonifying the spleen and nourishing the stomach,
it can regulate Qi, alleviate depression, relieve food
stagnation. It is particularly good at eliminating
undigested flour food. The herb is often used to treat
deficiency of the spleen, anorexia, food retention,
indigestion and other syndromes. A large dose of barley is
lactifugal.
Effects:
Promoting digestion, inducing appetite, stopping lactation
and relieving flatulence.
Indications:
1. The herb is
often used in combination with medicated leaven, hawthorn
fruit, areca seed and other herbs for relieving food
stagnation, to treat food retention, anorexia, distention
and fullness in the stomach and abdomen and indigestion,
and with white atractylodes rhizome amomum fruit,
chicken's gizzard-skin and other drugs for supplementing
Qi, strengthening the spleen, promoting digestion and
inducing appetite, to treat deficiency of the spleen and
anorexia.
2. To cease
lactation and to relieve distending pain due to milk
accumulation, a large dose of the herb can be decocted for
use.
Dosage and
Administration: 10-12g.
30-120g in a large dose.
Precautions:
Breast feeding women should not use it.
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