Useful and medicinal properties of barley

A well-known cultural plant of the family of cereals that is grown on fields.

Medicinal raw materials are seeds( grains) of barley. Application of

Slime from whole seeds: South of the seeds are poured into 100 ml of water and insist for 4-5 hours, then cook for 10 minutes and decoction filter. Take 4-5 st.spoons a day for gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea.

Barley malt. The seeds are placed in suitable conditions for germination and, when they germinate, they are dried. They contain about 40% starch, 10% protein, 10% dextrin, 30% fiber, enzyme( peptase), mineral salts and vitamins A, B, D, E. Very good for beneficial effects on the general metabolism of skin rashes,furunculosis, etc.

Extract from barley malt. From dry seedlings cook a special way to extract( malt extract).It contains about 10% dextrin, 5% proteinaceous substances, vitamins and active diastase. Very good

environments for feeding young children. Malt extract is also good for bronchitis.

In folk medicine, it is believed that the decoction of barley and pearl barley calms the painful irritability of the mucous membranes of internal organs and skin, has a tonic effect. It is used for gastrointestinal diseases, and with artificial feeding and feeding of infants are added to cow's milk( 1 tsp of cereals to brew in a glass of boiling water).For a child 1-2 months - for 1 part of milk add

3 parts of barley broth. In the future, the amount of broth is reduced.

Water infusion of barley malt is drunk with hemorrhoids, scrofula, cough, gastric diseases, kidney stone disease and especially with diseases of the bladder and urinary tract( 2 tablespoons of malt flour are insisted

4 hours in 1 liter of boiling water, drink half a cup4-6 times a day, adding sugar).

Malt baths are used as an anti-inflammatory agent for skin diseases.

Poultices from barley malt and flour are used for breast, external inflammatory processes and tumors.