BarleyStir-fried noodlesA method to treat constipation in the elderly, although not documented in medical texts, it is believed that this formula harmonizes the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion, thus providing some relief for dry stools and senile constipation.

To prepare barleyFlourPlace in a wok over low heat until cooked (do not burn), two tablespoons per day, add appropriately someSugarand sesame oil, mix with hot water to form a small bowl of stir-fried barley porridge and consume it daily on an empty stomach.

Professor Zhou Zuyi from Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine comments:

Barley contains starch, fat,protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, B vitamins, and urea, providing rich nutrition with high health benefits.

Barley has a cool nature and sweet taste; it can strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote digestion, clear heat and quench thirst, broaden the intestines, and facilitate urination. It also detoxifies and heals wounds. It treats weak spleen and stomach, food stagnation, abdominal distension, chest fullness, restlessness, thirst, and poor urine flow. It can also treat diarrhea.

The health benefits of barley have been widely recognized across various herbal texts."According to the Tang Herbal: Barley flour harmonizes the stomach, stops thirst, digests food, and alleviates bloating.""The Food Nature Herbal": Barley nourishes deficiencies, strengthens blood circulation, brightens complexion, solidifies the five organs, promotes digestion of food. Long-term consumption makes one fat and white, softening the skin.Blood"It is superior to wheat when made into flour, without dryness or heat.""According to the Materia Medica: Barley broadens the chest, relieves qi stagnation, cools blood, and digests food accumulation."The method of treating constipation in the elderly with barley stir-fried noodles, although not recorded in medical texts, according to pharmacological analysis, this formula harmonizes the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion; therefore, it provides some assistance for treating dry stools and senile constipation.Wheat.It is not hot and drying."The Compendium of Materia Medica states: (Barley) broadens the chest, relieves fullness, cools blood, and dissolves accumulation and food stagnation.”

A method using roasted barley noodles to treat constipation in the elderly, although not recorded in literature, is believed to harmonize the stomach and spleen, promote digestion; thus, it may help treat hard stools and constipation in the elderly.