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/