Botanical Index No. 83

Barley

hordeum vulgare

Medicinal Actions

Antilactagogue, Antipyretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Stomachic

Primary Conditions Treated

Acrochordon Bladder Bronchosis Burn Debility Cancer Catarrh Chest Chilblain Cholera Colitis Cough Diarrhea Dyspepsia Enterosis Fever Fig Gastrosis IBD Inflammation Measles Phthisis Puerperium Scirrhus Sore Tumor Urogenitosis Wart Water Retention Abortifacient Demulcent Emollient

General Dosage

Food farmacy. 450 mg. J. I quote here a food farmacy recipe that I have seen only in the Bible, “Take thou unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof...And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes...”.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”.

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