Mai Ya
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Name: Barley Sprout (麥芽)
Pinyin: Mai Ya
Pharm. Name: Fructus Hordei Germinatus
Properties:
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Taste |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Sweet |
Liver, Spleen, Stomach |
9-30g 6-14g (Powder) 30-120g (Restraining Lactation) |
Description:
The Germinant fruit of Hordeum Vulgare. It is sweet and bland and has the actions of promoting digestion and invigorating the spleen, especially helping the digestion of starch food. For starch food stagnation, it is combined with Shan Zha, Shen Qu, and Ji Nei Jin. For infantile indigestion, it can be decocted singly or ground into powder for oral use. It also has the ability to stop lactation.