Scientific name: Fructus Hordei Germinatus French name: Orge Chinese name: Mai YaParts of the plant used: Barley grains are soaked in water for a day and then germinated.They are then dried in the sun, used without preparation or lightly roasted.Zones of influence on the human body: the Spleen and Stomach meridians (some authors add the Liver).- tones the stomach - facilitates digestion, resolves the accumulation of food;- stops the milky rise - releases the Liver.To be used in case of:- accumulations of undigested food, indigestion, especially rice and flour, with lack of desire to eat, abdominal distension and epigastric fullness.- Vomiting of milk in children with dyspepsia: alone, in decoction.- Stop the milk secretion, infant weaning, galactostasis, pain and distension of the breasts.Dosage: 10 to 15 g per day in decoction (up to 30 to 120 g) 60 – 120 g: stop lactation (HUI RU).- action favoring the secretion of pepsin and gastric juice.