In traditional Chinese Medicine barley is cooling and moistening, something your body needs where the kidneys are concerned and "heating up." Kidney Yin needs building up once the Yin energy becomes depeleted, "toning" your kidneys once more.
Barley is one of the key ingredients in making miso, which inknown for its healing properties. Barley is a welcome fiber and has tremendous nutritional value and should be added to your diet and soups.
Barley has a high level of anti-oxidants even though it is on the no gluten diet.
Barley water is an old time favorite, using barley as you would tea and heating the water up and simmering it and was used as a nutritional drink, like rice water also known as horchata. I was introduced to horchata afer moving south to Georgia at a flea market restaurant, Chicago's Finest.
Ingredients
- 2 organic unwaxed lemons
- sugar or lemon to taste
- 1 cup pearl barley
- 2 quarts water
Directions
- Grate the zest from the lemons and put in a large glass bowl with sugar. Add pearl barley to boiling water and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir well and leave to cool.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemons and mix into the cooled barely water. Strain through a sieve and chill. Serve with lots of ice or store in fridge until cool.
Some key nutrients in barley are: Fiber, Selenium, Phosphorus, Niacin, Magnesium, Iodine, Protease inhibitors, Lignans, Folic acid, Potassium, Iron, Copper, Vitamin E, and calcium.
Barley supports your: kidneys, heart, blood, intestines, spleen, pancreas, gallbladder, nervous sytem and your digestive system.
Barley is healing to these disorders: painful urination, high cholesterol, edema, cancer, hepatitis, tumors, premenstrual syndrome and insomnia.
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