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Barley
Barley is an annual medicinal plant that has a straight, short stem. Linear leaves are located on the thin stem of the plant, which are attached to the end of the stem by the vagina. The plant blooms in May-June. Complex spikelets are located on the common axis of the stem. There is one flower on each spikelet of barley. The barley fruit is a caryopsis that has grown together with the upper hymen. The fruits of the plant ripen in the period starting from the end of August and continuing until the end of September.
Wild barley does not exist in nature. Barley is grown in fields throughout Russia, the United States, Africa and Asia Minor.
Composition and calorie content
- Fats: 1.8 g
- Proteins: 11.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 75.1 g
- Water: 9.4 g
- Ash: 2.3 g
- Cellulose: 15.9 g
| Vitamins | amount | % RDA |
| Vitamin B1 (thiamin) | 0.33-0.65 mg | 29% |
| Vitamin PP (nicotinic acid) | 4.6-5.7 mg | 26% |
| Biotin | 11 μg | 22% |
| Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) | 0.32-0.47 mg | 20% |
| Choline | 37.8-110.0 μg | fifteen% |
| Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) | 0.13-0.28 mg | ten% |
| Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) | 0.28-0.70 mg | ten% |
| Minerals (in 100 g): | amount | % RDA |
| Silicon | 600 mg | 2000% |
| Vanadium | 172 μg | 430% |
| Boron | 290 mcg | 414% |
| Manganese | 1600-1940 mcg | 89% |
| Cobalt | 7.9 mcg | 79% |
| Zirconium | 38.7 mcg | 77% |
| Copper | 470-560 mcg | 52% |
| Selenium | 22.1-37.7 mcg | 46% |
|
Phosphorus |
264-353 mg | 39% |
| Magnesium | 133-150 mg | 35% |
| Lithium | 23.1 μg | 23% |
| Zinc | 2710-2770 mcg | 23% |
| Chromium | 10.6 mcg | 21% |
| Iron | 2.5-3.6 mg | 20% |
| Molybdenum | 13.8 mcg | 20% |
| Titanium | 141.7 μg | 17% |
| Potassium | 280-452 mg | fifteen% |
| Nickel | 10.0-26.1 μg | 12% |
Other important connections:
- Phytosterols - 154.5 mg (280.9% of the RDI)
- Purines 34 mg (27.3% of the RDI)
- Oxalic acid - 27.3 mg (6.8% of the RDI)
Barley (from which the well-known pearl barley is made) contains 20 daily standards of silicon. Silicon is essential for maintaining the elasticity of the arteries and plays an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. It prevents the harmful effects of aluminum on the body, stimulates the immune system and slows down the aging process in tissues.
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Useful properties of barley
Barley contains those biologically active and nutrients, vitamins and trace elements that people need for good health and normal life. Barley has enveloping, anti-inflammatory and emollient properties. The plant has the unique ability to remove toxins from the body. The grain of barley contains 5% fiber, which improves the digestion process and cleanses the body of harmful waste products.
The complex of nutrients contained in barley improves human immunity, eyesight, is useful for bone and cartilage tissue. Barley is a plant used to prevent cancer and infectious diseases.
Barley is an amazing plant. It contains antibacterial and antiviral agents that help treat fungal skin diseases, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract or respiratory system.
Barley contains a large amount of calcium and fluoride, so it can help the body maintain healthy teeth and bones, and prevent tooth decay from developing. In addition to all these medicinal properties, barley also has an anti-allergenic effect.
The use of barley in traditional medicine
The healing properties of barley have long been used by folk medicine. For example, a decoction of barley is used as an emollient for gastritis, colitis, dyspepsia and other stomach diseases. Barley is recommended for psoriasis, eczema.
Water infusion of barley malt cures hemorrhoids, cough, scrofula, diseases of the bladder or urinary tract. A decoction of barley is used to treat colds, skin diseases and obesity. Barley has a calming effect on the central nervous system. In addition, the plant is also used externally - in the form of poultices, baths and compresses.
A decoction of barley is used in the treatment of fever, since this medicine really gives a good effect.
Traditional medicine often uses barley malt to treat many diseases. It's very easy to do. We take the seeds and leave them for germination. We dry and grind them into powder - this is the malt.
Malt broth. To prepare it, take 3 tablespoons of powder and pour 1 liter of boiling water. We leave the composition to infuse for several hours. It is necessary to use 100 ml of malt 5 times a day, it is possible with sugar. Malt helps in the treatment of bladder inflammation, hemorrhoids, furunculosis and bronchitis.
Slimy broth of barley with diarrhea. For its preparation, you should take 10 grams of plant seeds and pour half a glass of boiling water. Next, leave the product to infuse for 5 hours. Now we put the composition on fire for 10 minutes. After that, we filter the medicine and take 1 tablespoon 5 times a day. The same drug helps in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
Barley malt baths for skin diseases. Take 150 grams of barley malt and pour 1 liter of boiling water, leave to infuse for 1 hour. Next, filter the composition and pour the broth into the bath.
Barley for appetite. Take 120 grams of barley malt, add 50 grams of magnesium carbonate and 70 grams of medicinal yeast. Pour 240 grams of granulated sugar into this mixture and mix everything. It is necessary to take such a mixture every day, 10 grams. This drug is also taken in the treatment of chronic diseases of the stomach and intestines.
Decoction of barley with an enlarged spleen. For its preparation, take 4 teaspoons of barley and pour four glasses of boiling water. We put the composition on the fire and cook until there is about 700 ml of broth in the container. Now we divide this broth in half and take it before lunch and after dinner. We carry out the treatment for two months. The same decoction removes stones from the kidneys and gallbladder.
Barley for artificial feeding of babies. You need to take 1 teaspoon of barley groats and pour a glass of boiling water. Leave the mixture to brew for 1 hour, then add 70 ml of cow's milk to this broth. Starting from the age of two months, the amount of barley broth should be reduced.
Contraindications to the use of barley
Barley is allowed for absolutely every person, the only exception is people who have signs of glycine enteropathy.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
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