Barley

Scientific name of Barley: Hordeum vulgare Linn

Name of Barley in different languages:-

English: Barley

Sanskrit: Aksata, Akshata, Dhanyaraja, Yava

Hindi: Jau, Jav

Tamil: Valkothumai

Malayalam: Barley- ബാർലി, Soochigotambu, Yavam-യവം

Plant description:

Barley is an annual grass, a cereal grain, most cultivated cereal crops in the world,  used as a nutrient, it is growing to 1 m tall, the spike-let are arranged in triplets which are arranged alternately along the rachis, which produces 20–60 grains, flowering from Jun to August. Barley is an annual grass, cereal grain used as a nutrient, growing to 1 m tall, the spike-let are arranged in triplets which are arranged alternately along the rachis, which produces 20–60 grains, flowering from Jun to August.

Useful plant parts:

Cereal

Medicinal uses:

To treat blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, digestive complaints like diarrhea, stomach pain, improve renal function and hepatitis.

Chemical content:

Source of folic acid and vitamin B12 and B6.

Medicinal properties:

Anti-tumerous, Anti-bacterial

It is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurveda medicines like:-

• Hinguvachadi Choornam
• Sarshapadi Choornam
• Vilangadi Choornam
• Ajamamsa Rasayanam
• Dhanwantharam kashayam
• Dhanwantharam Kuzhambu
• Kayasthadi Varti
• Agasthya Rasayanam
• Bharngi Guda
• Danwandaram gritham
• Danti Haritaki
• Anthrakutharam Gulika
• Chitrakadi Vati
• Kankayan Vati
• Marichadi Gulika
• Pathrina Tablets
• Sarivadi Vati
• Spaskin Tablets
• Brihat Dashamoola Tailam
• Dhanwantharam Thailam
• Maha Vishagarbha Tailam

Learn more:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523490/