Chinese medicine barley alias barley, barley, barley, mou wheat, rice wheat, red shoulder wheat, barley and so on. Barley belongs to the diuretic (promote the flow of water to dispel dampness) medicine in the diuretic medicine, family for the grass family plant barley caryopsis. Barley is sweet in flavor and flat in nature. Barley enters the spleen meridian, kidney meridian. Barley can be used internally and externally. Barley has the effect of broadening the intestines, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and inducing diuresis, which is used for the evidence of spleen and stomach weakness or spleen and stomach disharmony, or used for urinary dribbling and astringent pain or edema. Barley is cold in nature and should not be consumed by people with deficiency of yang qi or cold spleen and stomach. The adverse effects of barley are not clear. Barley is contraindicated in those who are allergic to barley. Please use under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner if necessary.