Scientific Name: Hordeum vulgare Origin: United States
Common Names : Barley, Pearl Barley, Scotch Barley, Perlatum
Part Used: Leaf (grass)
The powder is produced from an extraction of young leaf blades of the barley plant, harvested when they are 12-14 inches high. This juice is then dehydrated through a very special spray-drying process and ground into powder. It is very high in vitamins, minerals, and proteins, and chlorophyll and is readily assimilated and digested.
Barley is a very hardy plant. It is a perennial which matures in about 3 months.
Background:
Barley is an annual plant; its stout, simple stem (culm) is hollow and jointed and grows from 1 1/2 to 3 feet high. The narrow, tapering leaves ascend the stem in 2 ranks, the third leaf over the first; and their bases form loose sheaths around the stem. The flowers grow in bristly-bearded terminal spikes, producing eventually the elliptic, furrowed barley grains. The leaves of barley are broader than many other grasses, but more characteristic still is the "bearded" look of the spikes, this being due to the long awns that grow from them. A field of ripe barley radiates a pale yellow light.
Rich in vitamins B and C and in beta carotene, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and magnesium, chlorophyll, essential and non-essential amino acids,and enzymes including anti-oxidant enzymes, and superoxide dismutase.
Barley is considered a 'super food', high in nutrients. Barley was the first cereal crop to be cultivated. The Egyptians and Greeks considered barley to have been a gift of the Gods.
Applications: Nutritive, tonifying and detoxifying
Nutrition:
Rich in vitamins B and C and in beta carotene, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and magnesium, chlorophyll, essential and non-essential amino acids,and enzymes including anti-oxidant enzymes, and superoxide dismutase.
Description:
Barley is an annual plant; its stout, simple stem (culm) is hollow and jointed and grows from 1 1/2 to 3 feet high. The narrow, tapering leaves ascend the stem in 2 ranks, the third leaf over the first; and their bases form loose sheaths around the stem. The flowers grow in bristly-bearded terminal spikes, producing eventually the elliptic, furrowed barley grains. The leaves of barley are broader than many other grasses, but more characteristic still is the "bearded" look of the spikes, this being due to the long awns that grow from them. A field of ripe barley radiates a pale yellow light.
Dosage:
water: May be taken in water, or diluted to utilize.
Powder: Used as a dietary supplement. Taken internally in capsules or by combining with food or beverage.
For educational purposes only This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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