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Barley | | Name : | Barley | | Botanical : | Hordeum distichon | | Synonyms : | Pearl barley (hulled grain)
Scotch barley
Ta-mai
| | Family : | Graminaceae | | Parts Used : | Grain, germinate seeds (barley sprouts) | | Habitat : | Widely cultivated as a food grain.The major producing states are North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and California in the United States.In Canada, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and Manitoba. | | Description : | Pearl Barley is the grain without its skin; rounded and polished; this is the official variety. Taste and odour farinaceous. The Scotch, milled, or pot barley isthe grain with husks only partly removed. Patent Barley is the ground decorticated grain. | | Constituents : | Pearl Barley contains about 80 per cent of starch and about 6 per cent of proteins, cellulose, etc. | | Uses : | Pearl Barley is used for the preparation of a decoction which is a nutritive and demulcent drink in febrile conditions and in catarrhal affections of the respiratory and urinary organs: barley water is used to dilute cows' milk for young infants, it prevents the formation of hard masses of curd in the stomach. Malt is produced from barley by a process of steeping and drying which develop a ferment 'diatase' needed for the production of alcoholic malt liquors, but in the form of Malt Extract it is largely used in medicine. Vinegar is an acid liquid produced by oxidation of fermented malt wort. Malt vinegar is the only vinegar that should be used medicinally. | | Dosage : | Decoction: was 2 oz. barley with cold water and boil in 1 cup water for a few minutes.Discard the water and boil the barley in 4 pints of water until the total volume is 2 pints.Strain and use as required.
Barley water: wash pearl barley in cold water.Boil 1 part pearl barley in 9 parts water for 20 minutes and strain.A dose is from 1 to 4 oz. | | Safety : | Should be avoided by nursing mothers. | | Myths : | Used in manufacturing beer, malt beverages.
Barley seeds were found in tombs in Asia Minor dating from about 3500 BC.It is believed that barley had it origin in western Asia and was used for food for animals and man; was the chief grain for bread making in Europe until wheat and rye.
The earliest settlers to North American brought barley to the continent. | | Nutrient : | Iron, sulfur, phosphorus, magnesium, niacin, protein, vitamin B1 | | Sold : | Barley bread can be bought at health food stores and good bakeries.(Although, Culpeper states that barley bread is bad for melancholy people) |
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