Fructus Hordei Germinatus

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Name: Fructus Hordei Germinatus
Resource: The germinant fruit of Hordeum vulgare L.,family Gramineae.
Characteristic: Fruit small shuttle-shaped,8-12 mm long,3-4 mm in diameter;surface covered by yellowish husk,with longitudinal veins;a long-lanceolate plumule and several fibrous roots appearing at one end.Sweet in taste,warm in nature,and attributive to spleen and stomach channels.
Pharmacodynamics: 1.Strengthen the stomach and improve digestion:For dyspepsia of starches,vomiting of milk in infants caused by improper feeding,and anorexia due to deficiency of spleen and stomach. 2.Lactifuge:For galactostasis and as lactifuge for breast-feeding women.
Pharmacological: Its decoction promotes the secretion of pepsin and gastric juice.
Usage: Decoction:10-15g;60-120g of fresh sample for lactifuge.
Caution:

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