Hordeum vulgare.  大 麦 Dà mài    Barley grain    Family: Gramineae          
青稞 Qīng kē Highland barley- grown in Tibet and Qinghai

大 麦 Dàmài  Grain    

Nature: cool     FLAVOR: Sweet and salted, pleasant  CHANNEL: Spleen, Stomach.
FUNCTIONS
1. Harmonize the Stomach, enlarge the intestines.[2,4] Aids digestion, balances the middle Jiao.
2. Promote urination.[4]
3. Controls lactation.
INDICATIONS
1. Indigestion.[1,2,4]Fullness in chest and abdomen.  Diarrhea.[4]
2. Poor appetite and fullness of lactating breasts.
3. Pain on urination.[2,4] Edema.[4]
4. External application- Burns[4]- Fry barley until charred: grind into powder and mix in vegetable oil for external application to relieve burns.[4]
PREPARATIONS: Decoction 9-15 g.[1]

- Regular consumption of barley cures uremia and indigestion.[3]
- Relieve Summer Heat, indigestion, fatigue, and excessive perspiration in summer- Fry barley until aromatic and slightly brown. use it to make tea.[4]
- Beverage to use as a substitute for regular tea or juice, which is good for people who feel thirsty in hot weather but cannot drink or one reason or another- Fry 1 cup barley until aromatic and slightly brown to make tea with a few slices of fresh ginger.[4]
- Cure difficult urination and pain when urinating- Bool 100 g barley in water and mix with fresh ginger juice to drink before meals.[4]
- External application to relieve burns- Fry barley until charred; grind into powder and mix in vegetable oil for external application.[4]
- Promote urination- Boil 5 g tender barley leaves and stalks. Drink as tea.[4]

PART USED: Fresh tender barley leaves and stalks     
Drink as tea to promote urination.[3]

麦芽 Mài Yá  Malt, Germinated Barley, Rice Wheat, Corn or other cereals.    
May be fried 炒 Chǎo or fresh
Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting". The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air. Malting grains develops the enzymes required for modifying the grain's starches into various types of sugar, including the monosaccharide glucose, the disaccharide maltose, the trisaccharide maltotriose, and higher sugars called maltodextrines. It also develops other enzymes, such as proteases, which break down the proteins in the grain into forms that can be used by yeast.
Nature: Warm, slightly warm    FLAVOR:  Sweet    CHANNEL: Spleen, Stomach
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Digestive and Evacuants
1. Promotes digestion.
2. Strengthen the Stomach and improve digestion.[1,2,3,4] Pushes downwards.[4] Balances the central organs.[1]
3. Act as lactifuge. Relieve swelling of breast due to mild accumulation. Controls lactation.[1]
INDICATIONS
1. Indigestion and abdominal swelling.[1,2,4] Fullness in chest and abdomen.[1] Dyspepsia from starches and vomiting of milk in infants caused by improper feeding.
2. Anorexia due to Spleen/Stomach Deficiency. Poor apetite.[1.4]
3. Galactostasis and as lactifuge. Fullness of lactating breasts.[1,4]
4. Vomiting, diarrhea.[4]
PATENT COMBINATIONS
- Relaxing the Spirit: Nourishes Heat Blood and Yin, calms the Shen. Tonifies and regulated the Middle Jiao. harmonises Liver and Spleen Zizyphus and Polygala- AN SHEN DING ZHI WAN.
- Upward disturbance of Wind-Phlegm: Eliminates Phlegm, subdues Internal Wind, strengthens the Spleen and dries Damp Pinellia and Gastrodia Combination- BAN XIA BAI ZHU TIAN MA TANG.
- Indigestion due to Food Stagnation: Reduces Food Stagnation, transforms Dampness and Phlegm, regulates the Middle Jiao Agastache & Magnolia- BAO JI WAN- PO CHAI PILLS- Agastache & Magnolia Formula
- Food stagnation obstructing the Middle Jiao (Stomach and Spleen): Harmonizes and regulates the Spleen and Stomach, reduces Food Stagnation Citrus & Crataegus Formula- BAO HE WAN.
- Assists in digestion of fatty foods, Relieves constipation. Has a cleansing effect on the digestive system: Regulates Stomach, helps digestion and dissolves fatty food Crataegus & Malt Granule-MAI AN CHONG JI.
- Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency with stagnation of food and Dampness: Strengthens the spleen and Stomach, eliminates the Damp Retention and improves the digestion Ginseng, Dioscorea and Coix- ZI SHENG WAN.
PREPARATIONS: Ripe fruits sprouting   Decoction  10-15 g.[1] 60-120 g of fresh sample for lactifuge. Decoction 10-5 g; 60-120 g of fresh sample for lactifuge.[3] Ripe fruits 9-15 g.[2]


- Cure indigestion, abdominal swelling and swelling of breast with pain- Boil 50 g malt in water and drink as soup.[4]
- Relieve the after effects of acute and chronic hepatitis- Boil 50 g malt with 10 g orange peel in water. Drink as tea.[4]
- Relieve fever after childbirth or shortage of milk after childbirth, or swelling of breasts after childbirth- Fry malt and grind into powder. Take 2 teaspoons with warm warm water each time, twice a day. Or take 2 teaspoons with wine each time, twice a day, to cure abdominal swelling and tightness after childbirth.[4]
- Cure swelling of breasts at weaning- Boil 40 g of fresh malt and fried malt. Drink as soup once a day for three consecutive days to if swelling and hardness and pain are abserved, double the quantities of fresh and fried malt.[4]
- Relieve indigestion. Boil 10 g hawthorn fruits and 10 g fried malt (to be reduced in case of children), and drink as tea, 3 times/day.[4]

麦芽糖 Mài Yá Táng   Maltose Syrup  
Mài Yá Táng-  Malt extract is produced by germinating barley grain in a moist environment, and then drying the barley to stop the sprouting. The results is a change in chemistry, as some of the carbohydrates are used to produce sugars. It is then warm cracked in temperature modulated water, activating the enzymes which cleave more of the malts remaining starch into various sugars, the largest percentage of which is maltose. The liquid produced from this, process, is then concentrated by using heat or a vacuum procedure to evaporate water from the mixture. The concentrated highly viscous liquid is called maltose syrup.
Nature- warm       FLAVOR: Sweet     CHANNEL: Spleen, Stomach, Lungs
FUNCTIONS
1. Slows down the attack of acute symptoms.[4]
2. Produces fluids, lubricates dryness.[4]
3. Energy tonic.[4]
INDICATIONS
1. Fatigue, abdominal pain.[4]
2. Dry cough, thirst.[4]
3. Vomiting of blood, sore throat.[4]
4. Constipation.[4]
PREPARATIONS
Neutralize the effects of drug overdose and to relieve pain from chronic gastric and duodenal ulcers and stomachache- Take a few teaspoons of maltose syrup with warm water several times a day.[4]
- Dislodge a dishbone stuch in the throat- Shape maltose into a ball as large as an egg yold and swallow it. A few balls may be cesessary and the ball of maltose gradually may be increased in size each time.[4]
- Relieve a sore throat- Bake maltose until partially browned. Take 1 teaspoonful dissolved in warm water each time, twice a day. Or mix maltose with crushed carrot; marinate overnight; next day, mix with water and drink 1 glass each time, 3 times a day.[4]
饴糖  Yí Táng- "Syrup sugar"   Malt sugar, Maltose- Extract made from malting barley, rice, wheat, corn etc 
Unlike sucrose, maltose is a reducing sugar.           
 Yí Táng is the extract made by adding barley malt extract to riceflour, glutinous rice flour or wheat flour and cooking the mixture over low heat.   
Nature: Slightly warm, Warm    TASTE: Sweet  CHANNELS: Spleen, Stomach, Lung
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Tonic- Qi
1.  Relax the middle Jiao, tone up deficient conditions, produces fluids, lubricate dryness.[2]
INDICATIONS
1.  Fatigue causing harm to the Spleen, difficulty in bowel movements  causing abdominal pain, dry cough, vomiting of blood, thirst, sore throat, constipation.[2]
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Bad for internal Damp Heat, vomiting due to full sensations in the middle region.[2]
COMBINATIONS
- Deficient Cold of middle Jiao and disharmony between Liver and Spleen: Warms and tonifies the Middle Jiao, regulates the Qi and relieves abdominal pain Minor Cinnamon & Peony- XIAO JIAN ZHONG WAN.
PREPARATIONS:  Mix with hot water.[2]

རྩམ་པ་ Tibetan Tsampa   Roasted Barley flour mixed with butter tea  
Tsampa is a hearty, nutty-tasting flour made from roasted barley. The most common way to eat tsampa is to mix it by hand with butter tea, dried dri (the female of the yak species) cheese and sometimes sugar, to form a dough. In this form it is called, simply, pa, and for many Tibetans in the past, pa was eaten three times a day, every day. Today, it is less common to find those who eat only pa, but it is still a common food in Central Tibet, and for travelers, who bring a leather pouch for mixing the ingredients on the road. The most common way to eat tsampa is to mix it in a bowl with butter and tea and then to hand roll into small balls and then eat.
References
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Constituents.
Research.

Clinical report
For treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis: Prepare tender roots of malt sprouts. To make malt sprouts, wash barley, then immerse in water for 13 hours; drain, then wrap tightly in a wet cloth and splash water on them a few times daily until they sprout; then dry the sprouts in the sun. Dry and grind into powder and mix with syrup for a remedy.
Take 10 ml (containing 15 g malt powder) each time, 3 times a day, after meals; in addition, an adequate amount of yeast and vitamin B- complex tablets should be administered. In general, one treatment program consists of 30 days, and on additional treatment program should be administered after recovery. Among the 161 cases treated, 108 cases showed effects and 53 cases showed no effects, which means the effective rate is 67.1%. Among the subjects treated, of the 56 cases of acute hepatitis, 48 cases showed effects of the treatment; of the 105 cases of chronic hepatitis, 60 cases showed effects. After treatments, there are decreases of various symptoms, such as pain in liver, anorexia, fatigue, and low grade fever, particularly the symptoms of anorexia. Among the cases that showed effects, there are various degrees of decreases in the size of the swollen liver and in transaminase. A few patients showed some side effects, including dry sensations in the mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, anxiety, and diarrhea. The long-term effects of this treatment should be determined by further research.[1]
References
[1] Chinese System of Food Cures Prevention and Remedies. 1986 Lu, Henry. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York. USA. Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Book Co. Pty Ltd. Lane Cove, NSW. ISBN 0-8069-6308-5.