The effects of malt include strengthening the spleen and eliminating food, restoring breast milk and eliminating flatulence, etc. It is often used in the treatment of food and drink stagnation and indigestion, as well as distension and pain in the epigastrium (swelling and pain in the stomach and abdomen).
1. Strengthening the spleen and eliminating food: malt is a traditional Chinese medicine with the characteristics of dual-use medicine and food, its taste is sweet and flat, and belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food. Clinically, malt is often used in the treatment of food stagnation (indigestion of food and its accumulation in the stomach), especially for food stagnation, distension and pain in the stomach and abdomen, etc. It is often used with hawthorn, shenqiu, and jianneijin for better effect.
2. Returning breast milk to eliminate flatulence: malt also has certain effect of returning breast milk to eliminate flatulence, which can be used to treat women’s weaning or breast milk stagnation, and can also play a good role in reducing swelling. In the treatment of women’s milk stagnation, often raw malt or fried malt decoction to take.
Malt is recommended to be under the guidance of a doctor, it is not recommended to take medication without authorization, so as not to cause damage to the organism by improper use of medication.