A customer put it this way: "I learned today that almost all I bought in the past was fake barley, so it is no wonder that it does not work." At night in the pharmacy, I finally saw real barley, chinese medicine called coix kernel, small particles, much smaller than I usually bought. This kind of rice is often seen in pharmacies, because it is much higher than the supermarket price, and it is abandoned. But I didn't expect that this was the real barley, and I had been eating grass beads. ”
How to distinguish between real and fake barley
1, the so-called "fake barley" on the market, in fact, refers to the merchants to impersonate barley, called grass beads of plants. Grass beads are often used as hand strings or curtains in the unhulled state, and although they can be eaten after shelling, they are completely inferior to real barley in terms of taste and efficacy.
2, grass beads and barley are similar in appearance, but careful differentiation can still see the difference. In terms of shape, grass beads are more rounded, while barley is more oval, and grass beads are larger than barley. From the color point of view, the color of the grass beads is white, the transparency is slightly higher, and in contrast, the color of barley will be yellower and appear opaque.
3, finally look at the position of the groin (the middle of the depression), the groin of the grass bead is relatively wide, the particles as a whole look loose, and the abdominal groove of barley is relatively narrow and looks relatively tight.
The main point of difference between true and false barley
1, depending on the size: the grass beads are large and round, the groove is wide; the coix kernel is small and slender, and the groove is narrow.
2, look at the color: the overall color of coix seeds is green; the grass bead seeds are white.
3, look at the shape: the overall width of the grass beads is greater than the length; the overall growth of coix kernels is wider than the width.
Traditional Chinese medicine - coix seed
【Properties】This product is wide ovate or oblong oval, 4 to 8 mm long and 3 to 6 mm wide. The surface is milky white, smooth, with occasional remnants of yellow-brown seed coat; one end is blunt and rounded, the other end is wide and slightly concave, with a light brown dot-like umbilicus; the back is rounded, and the ventral surface has a wide and deep longitudinal groove. Solid texture, cross-sectional white, powdery. The gas is slight, the taste is slightly sweet.
【Sexual Taste and Return to the Scriptures】 Sweet, light, cool. Return to the spleen, stomach, lung meridians.
【Function and indications】Water leakage, spleen and anti-diarrhea, paralysis removal, pus drainage, detoxification and loosening. It is used for edema, beriberi, unfavorable urination, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, wet paralysis, pulmonary carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, fold warts, cancer.
【Usage and dosage】9~30g.
【Caution】 Pregnant women should use with caution.
Modern medical research has found that coix kernel has enhanced human immunity, hypoglycemia, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-tumor and other effects, coix kernel is also a beauty food, often eat coix kernel can remove pimples, freckles, age spots, melasma on the human skin, so that the skin becomes shiny and delicate, while acne and skin cracking, desquamation and other diseases also have a good effect.
Chinese medicine believes that coix is slightly cold and has a sweet taste, and can enter the spleen meridian, stomach meridian and lung meridian, which is conducive to water leakage, spleen removal, heat and pus removal and other effects.
Coix kernel dietary remedy
01 Coix seed porridge
Ingredients: 100 grams of coix kernels, 50 grams of japonica rice, sugar to taste.
Usage: Put the coix seeds into a pressure cooker, add the right amount of water, simmer for about 20 minutes and then reduce the pressure, then add japonica rice and an appropriate amount of boiling water to the pot, and then cook for 10 to 15 minutes on low heat, add sugar and serve. This porridge can be taken once a day in the morning and once in the evening.
Efficacy and indications: This formula has the effect of healthy spleen moisture leakage, water and swelling, suitable for patients with spleen deficiency diarrhea, senile edema, unfavorable urination, rheumatic pain and tendon and vein cramps.
02 Pork kidney coix porridge
Raw materials: 1 pair of pig kidneys, 100 grams of yam, 50 grams of coix kernels, 200 grams of japonica rice, msg, salt, sesame oil, green onion, ginger and other condiments.
Preparation: The pig kidney is washed and removed from the fascia and chopped. Peel and chop the yam. Put the pork kidney pieces together with the yam blocks, japonica rice, and coix kernels into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat to form porridge, and then add the seasonings to serve. This porridge can be taken once a day in the morning, middle and evening.
Efficacy and indications: This formula has the effect of tonifying the kidney and spleen and maintaining the skin, and is suitable for patients with skin diseases such as acne, freckles, age spots, and melasma.
03 tripe barley porridge
Ingredients: 200 grams of tripe, 50 grams of coix seeds, monosodium glutamate, salt, sesame oil, green onion, ginger and other condiments.
Directions: Wash and cut the tripe into thin strips. Put the beef tripe shreds together with the coix seeds into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, boil over a low heat, then slowly boil over low heat, and then add msg, salt, sesame oil, green onion, ginger and other condiments when the porridge is boiled into a rotten paste. This porridge can be taken once a day in the morning, middle and evening.
Efficacy and indications: This formula has the effect of strengthening the spleen and water, especially suitable for patients with symptoms such as abdominal distension, lack of food, edema and adverse joint flexion and extension.
04 barley red bean porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of coix seeds, 20 grams of red adzuki beans, 30 grams of japonica rice.
Preparation: Soak the coix seeds and red adzuki beans in water. Then put the red adzuki beans into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water to cook until they are cracked, and then put the coix seeds and japonica rice into the pot and simmer together with the red adzuki beans. When the porridge is boiled into a rotten paste, add the appropriate amount of sugar and stir well. This porridge can be taken once a day in the morning and once in the evening.
Efficacy and indications: This formula has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, strengthening spleen and dampness, and is suitable for patients with cirrhosis and ascites in the early stages.
It should be noted that coix kernel has a significant slippery nature, which can promote uterine contractions, and pregnant women are prone to miscarriages and other accidents after eating coix kernels, so pregnant women should avoid eating coix kernels. Patients with sperm and enuresis should not eat coix kernels. Coix is slightly cold and cold, and patients with spleen and stomach deficiency should also be used in combination.