Malt - mai ya

Malt
mai ya
Chinese herbal medicine
Other name: wheat sprout, barley hair, barley malt
English name: Hordei Fructus Germinatus
Main effects: promote qi and digestion, invigorate the spleen and stimulate appetite, and relieve bloating. Raw malt invigorates the spleen and harmonizes the stomach, soothes the liver and promotes qi
Malt is a digestive medicine, which is a processed product of the mature fruit of the Gramineae plant barley that has been germinated and dried.
Malt is sweet and flat in nature. It enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians.
This product is sweet and beneficial to the middle, flat and not biased, the buds grow, and the burnt taste invigorates the stomach. It mainly enters the spleen and stomach meridians, is good at digesting food, invigorating the stomach and harmonizing the middle, and treats food stagnation, especially those with food stagnation such as rice, noodles, potatoes, and taro; it also enters the liver meridian, and is used raw to soothe the liver, and is used to assist in the treatment of liver depression and qi stagnation and liver-stomach disharmony. In addition, it is used in large quantities to relieve bloating, and is used for weaning, breast pain, etc.
This product mainly contains a- and β-amylase, catalytic enzyme, maltose and hordenine, hordenine, adenine, choline, protein, amino acids.
Vitamins B, D, E, cytochrome C, etc.
Raw malt has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, soothing the liver and promoting qi. It is used for spleen deficiency, poor appetite, and milk stagnation. Stir-fried malt promotes qi and digestion and regenerates milk. It is used for women with indigestion and weaning. Burnt malt can digest food and resolve stagnation. It is used for indigestion and abdominal distension and pain.
Effects
Malt has the effects of promoting qi and digestion, strengthening the spleen and appetizing, regenerating milk and relieving distension.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of malt?
Malt is used for indigestion, abdominal distension and pain, spleen deficiency, poor appetite, milk stagnation, breast pain, women weaning, liver depression and flank pain, and liver and stomach qi pain.
Raw malt has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, soothing the liver and promoting qi. It is used for spleen deficiency, poor appetite, and milk stagnation. Fried malt promotes qi and digestion, and restores milk production. It is used for weaning women with indigestion. Scorched malt helps digestion and resolves stagnation. It is used for indigestion and abdominal distension and pain.
Food stagnation syndrome
It can be used alone or with hawthorn, Liushenqu, etc. to treat indigestion of starchy foods such as rice, noodles, potatoes, and taro.
·If it is used to treat spleen deficiency, food stagnation, loss of appetite, and abdominal distension, it can be used with white atractylodes, tangerine peel, hawthorn, etc.
Weaning, breast pain
·It is used for weaning of breastfeeding women, or breast pain caused by milk stagnation. Fried malt can be used alone for decoction.
In addition, it can be used for flank pain, abdominal distension and pain caused by liver qi stagnation or liver-stomach disharmony. Because of its slow effect, it is often used as an auxiliary medicine.