Is it better to use raw malt or roasted malt for weaning?

Many people like to use malt to brew various drinks. Malt is a very traditional grain. It tastes very sweet and delicious when made into food. Malt also has many medicinal functions. If breastfeeding mothers want to wean their babies, they can use malt to wean their babies. There are still some differences between raw malt and roasted malt. The main medicinal value of malt is to help breastfeeding mothers control milk. So, what is the difference between these two different methods of making malt?

1. Introduction of raw malt and roasted malt

Fried malt is mainly used to treat indigestion, abdominal distension and pain, spleen deficiency and poor appetite, accumulation of milk and sweat, breast distension and pain, and weaning in women.

This malt is obtained by germinating and drying the ripe fruit of barley, a plant of the Poaceae family. Soak the wheat grains in water, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and dry them when the sprouts grow to about 0.5 cm. It is spindle-shaped, 8 to 12 mm long and 3 to 4 mm in diameter. The surface is light yellow, the back is surrounded by the lemma, has 5 veins, and the long awn at the tip has broken off; the ventral side is surrounded by the palea. After removing the inner and outer palea, there is a longitudinal groove on the ventral surface; young shoots and fibrous roots grow at the radicle at the base. The young shoots are lanceolate and about 0.5 cm long. There are several fibrous roots, which are slender and curved. Hard, white in cross section, powdery. Odorless, slightly sweet taste.

2. Nutritional value of malt

Malt mainly contains α- and β-amylase, catalyticase, peroxidisomerase, etc. It also contains hordenine, hordatine A and B, adenine (ade-nine), choline (choline), protein, amino acids, vitamins D, D, E, and cytochrome (cytochrome) C. It also contains malt poison, namely candici-ne.

3. The role of weaning

It promotes the flow of qi and helps digestion, strengthens the spleen and stimulates appetite, reduces lactation and relieves bloating. It is used for indigestion, abdominal distension and pain, spleen deficiency and poor appetite, milk and sweat accumulation, breast distension and pain, weaning in women, and raw malt to strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote lactation. Used for spleen deficiency, poor appetite, and stagnation of milk and sweat. Roasted malt can promote qi circulation, aid digestion and promote lactation. Used for indigestion and weaning of women. Roasted malt helps digestion and relieves stagnation. Used for indigestion, abdominal distension and pain. It is mainly used to warm the middle and lower qi, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen, induce labor, digest old food, relieve bloating, stop vomiting, resolve symptoms, and eliminate phlegm and lumps. Honey is its messenger.

Breastfeeding mothers have a hard time already, and they also have to take care of their babies. When they need to wean, they might as well use malt. Generally speaking, both raw malt and cooked malt can help mothers wean, but there will be some differences in the effects. The key still depends on the mothers' personal taste. If you like it, you might as well try this method.