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    Pearl barley is a grain.

• botanical information
• part used
• nutritional information
• astrological correspondences
• magick correspondences and uses
• Goddesses and deities
• Chinese herbology

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Hordeum spp.

    Common name: barley, pearl barley

    Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.

part used:

Part Used: Barley Grass. Hordeum vulgare The dried shoots, powdered. In traditional Chinese medicine, the barley grass may be “massed” or fermented before drying. Information courtesy of Mountain Rose Herbs

nutritional information:

    Dr. Hagiwara claims that the green juice from the young leaves of barley greass is the most active phytonutrient-rich food in the world.

    Barley is a good source of protein.

    Barley is a food that helps nourish the kidneys.

    See also Chinese herbalism below for Chinese gender and Chinese flavor.

astrological correspondences:

    Astrological planet: Venus

magickal correspondences and uses:

    Gender: feminine (traditional western European magickal gender)

    Western element: earth

    Magickal uses: good health, luck, prosperity

    Magick food for love spells: Barley and recipes using barley are appropriate food for love spells, such as the Aphrodite New Moon love spell, Hecate black candle love spell, or Isis Full Moon love spell. See the article on foods for more information on using food magick in spells.

    Magickal substitutions: Rosemary usually may be safely substituted for any herb in magick spells and rituals. Roses may safely be substituted for any flower.

    Barley is used for alphitomancy, a divination method for determining if someone is lying.

Magical Uses Love, Healing, Protection information courtesy of

deities associated with barley:

• Asar (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian God)
• Bacchus (Roman God)
• Demeter (Greek Goddess)
• Dionysus (Greek God)
• Osiris (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian God)
• Vishnu (Hindu God)

    Asar (or Osiris) is the original god of barley brewing. The Roman god Bacchus and the Greek god Dionysus inherited this role in the Greco-Roman world.

Chinese herbalism:

    Chinese gender: pearl barley is yin (cool)

    Chinese flavor: pearl barley is bland and slightly sweet

See also: whole grains

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