Description
Botanical: Hordeum vulgare
Other common names: Pearl Barley, Hordeum, Hulled Grain, Perlatum, Scotch Barley, Pot Barley.
Country of Origin: United States
Barley Grass is an extraordinarily nourishing food and a powerhouse of essential vitamins, amino acids, minerals, antioxidants and many more nutrients that your body needs every single day to optimize your health. Try it as a support for improved digestion, detoxified system, increased energy, rejuvenated skin and healthier-looking hair and nails.
Beneficial Uses:
As an exceptional whole food, Barley Grass provides many essential nutrients that act together to optimize bodily functions. It is easily assimilated into the system, giving our body quick access to vital nutrients and, thus, likely increase strength and stamina. Barley Grass is considered especially useful for invalids, children and those in debilitated conditions.
Further supporting the use of Barley Grass as a nutritive, it is said that athletes and sports people who need more strength and stamina rely on Barley Grass, echoing its use in ancient Rome, where gladiators ate Barley before entering the arena. It is an energy-packed food and is even believed to increase sexual stamina.
Barley is considered one of the green grasses (reflecting its rich chlorophyll content), and chlorophyll-rich foods have been shown to counteract bad breath and body odor, stop bacterial growth, combat yeast fungi and detoxify the body of drugs and carcinogens.
Barley Grass is naturally alkaline, and its buffer minerals are said to neutralize excess acidic materials in the body and help maintain a healthy acidity/alkalinity balance.
As an expectorant, Barley Grass is believed to help loosen and expel phlegm and congestion. The herb's alkaloid, hordenine, is said to be a broncho-dilator and beneficial in cases of asthma, coughs and bronchitis.
Barley Grass is believed to be an effective anti-inflammatory. Recent research has discovered that it includes compounds (including chlorophyll) that relieve inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and rheumatism.
Because Barley Grass is said to repair and rebuild cells and tissue, it is thought to be good for skin rejuvenation, improved skin, nails and hair.
There are current studies being conducted into the use of Barley Grass to control diabetes. It is believed to have a hypoglycemic effect, preceded by a hyperglycemic action. The high fiber is thought to be useful in diabetes patients when there is a low glycemic index and ability to reduce postprandial glucose. Barley Grass may reduce high blood sugar and improve glucose tolerance; however, more research is needed before any conclusions may be drawn.
Barley Grass is considered a fine emollient or agent that softens and soothes tissue, and when used externally in a poultice, it is said to relieve sores, burns, tumors and wounds.
Contraindications:
Barley Grass Herbal Supplement is not recommended for pregnant women, and nursing mothers may wish to avoid the herb, as it is said to reduce excessive lactation and can reduce milk flow.
