Malt and barley role is not the same.
1. Barley for the graminaceous plant barley caryopsis, with spleen and stomach, intestinal diuretic effect, the main treatment of abdominal distension, food stagnation and diarrhea, as well as urinary incontinence (urine is not smooth) and other diseases. Zhu Danxi said: barley is ripe, people more fried food, this thing has a fire, can generate fever. So fried barley is not suitable for people with real heat constitution.
2. Malt is the mature fruit of the grass plant barley by germination and drying, with the Qi elimination, spleen and stomach, back to the breast to eliminate swelling (so that the milk is reduced or no longer secreted to eliminate swelling) effect.
Malt main treatment of rice, potato and taro food stagnation, weaning, breast distension, stagnant liver qi or liver-stomach disharmony of dystocia (pain in the area of the ribs), epigastric distension (stomach and stomach and abdominal distension) and other conditions. Note that malt should not be taken by breastfeeding women.
Before taking the above medicines, you need to be guided by a doctor for identification, and you should not take the medicines on your own, so as not to make a mistake.