How to Grow Barley Grass? Planting Methods and Key Technical Points

Everyone knows that juicing barley grass is good for your health, but barley grass is hard to buy, so how do you grow barley grass?

1. What is barley grass?

Barley grass is the seedling of the barley plant of the grass family (Poaceae). The vitamins, minerals and protein contained in barley grass are essential nutrients for humans and animals.

Barley is an annual herb. The culms are stout, smooth and hairless, upright, and 50-100cm tall. The leaf sheaths are loose and clasp the stem; there are relatively large auricles on both sides; the ligule is membranous, 1-2mm long; the leaf blades are flat, 9-20cm long and 6-20mm wide.

2. How do you grow barley grass?

Soak healthy barley seeds in water for about 12 hours. Prepare a container with a relatively large surface area, line the container with 4-5 layers of paper towels, then scatter the soaked barley seeds on top, cover with another 4-5 layers of paper towels, and spray them with water until wet. Place the container in a dark spot to sprout, and water it on time during this period.

3. The Benefits and Value of Barley Grass

Barley grass is cool in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians; eaten regularly, it has the effects of boosting qi and easing the middle, quenching thirst and clearing heat, and also promoting milk suppression. At the same time, it can boost physical strength and energy, relieve constipation, improve sleep quality, fight various ulcers, lower blood sugar and blood lipids, and regulate blood pressure; it speeds up recovery after surgery, skin trauma and certain infections; it also has a strong anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect; it can improve immunity, enhance memory, and eliminate bad breath and body odor; it is somewhat helpful for treating menopausal syndrome; and it has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on poisoning symptoms caused by medication.

Barley grass powder made by low-temperature drying contains richer minerals and vitamins than other foods. For example: its potassium content is 25 times that of bananas, its calcium is 10 times that of milk, its iron is 5 times that of spinach, its magnesium is 6 times that of wheat flour, and it contains the trace element zinc, which cannot be found in other foods. As for vitamins, vitamin B1 is 16 times that of tomatoes, vitamin B2 is 45 times that of lettuce, vitamin C is 7 times that of oranges, and vitamin E is 20 times that of wheat flour. Other nutrients include folic acid, which is 8 times that of spinach.

Barley grass can also limit the absorption of some sugars and fats and increase fat consumption in the body, effectively controlling obesity, preventing arteriosclerosis, stabilizing blood pressure, and having a good improving effect on diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.