Barley straw

[ source ] from the" compendium of Materia Medica"
Pinyin name ] [ Dà Mà I Ji e
English name [ ] Barley Straw
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: for gramineous plants barley mature stem.
Latin botanical name: Hordeum vulgare L. animal fossil
Harvest and storage: fruit ripening mining cut, removing fruit, dried and stalk.
[ ] the original morphology of barley is the annual herbs. Culms erect, stout, glabrous, high 50-100cm. Vaginal relaxation amplexicaul; both sides have larger auricle; ligule membranous, long 1-2mm; leaf blade flattened, long 9-20cm, wide 6-20mm. Spikes long 3-8cm (Mount except), diameter of about 1.5cm spikelet density, each with3development of spikelets, spikelets usually sessile, long 1-1.5cm (except mount outside); glumes linear-lanceolate, slightly pubescent, apex extending into 8-14mm awn; lemma back glabrous,5veins, tip extending into Fang, awn length8-15cm, edge with fine thorn, palea and lemma equaling. Caryopsis ventral longitudinal groove or invagination, apex pubescent, maturity and lemma adhesion, is not easy to separate, but some cultivars of easy separation. Florescence 3-4 month, month of fruit period 4-5.
[ ] habitat distribution in our country widespread cultivation. Our country general cultivation.
[ ] in the pharmacological effects of barley straw, containing polysaccharide composition, preliminary animal experiment, has anti-cancer effects.
[ ] bitter taste; temperature
[ ] the lung spleen meridian;
[ indications ] benefit wet detumescence; qi. The main difficulty in urination; heart and stomach pain
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,30-60g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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