From the perspective of wheat awns, the awns of barley are very long, almost the same length as ears of wheat. The awns of wheat are relatively short. The husk of barley is difficult to peel off, and the husk of wheat has fallen off during threshing. Now, barley is generally used as raw material for beer or feed, while wheat is mainly used for processing flour. Barley is harvested earlier than wheat.

1. Different appearance

Barley: both ends are pointed and slender. It is mostly used to remove 30-50% of feed.

Wheat: The two ends are rounder, shorter and rounder. Compound feed.

2. Growth environment, soil, and season

1. Wheat is a long-sun crop (8 to 12 hours of light per day), if the sunshine conditions are insufficient. It cannot pass the light stage and cannot bear fruit.

2. Barley is a variety suitable for temperate zones, subarctic regions, and subtropical regions. The growing period is at least 90 days, which is shorter among cereal crops.

3. Distribution

1. Barley is distributed in temperate zones, subarctic regions, and subtropics.

2. Where wheat is distributed, the soil layer should be deep, well-structured, and the plowing layer should be deep, which is conducive to water storage and fertilizer conservation and promotes root development. Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve high yield.

IV. The efficacy and functions of wheat and barley

1. Wheat has four main medicinal functions: nourishing the heart, nourishing the kidneys, harmonizing the blood, and strengthening the spleen. There are also 4 major uses: removing troubles and stopping bleeding. Diuretic, moisturizing the lungs. Bread and snacks, especially whole-wheat bread, are anti-depressant foods and have certain effects on relieving mental stress and tension. Eating whole grain foods can reduce the content of estrogen in the blood circulation, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating breast cancer. For menopausal women, eating unprocessed wheat can relieve menopausal symptoms. Wheat flour has the effects of skin rejuvenation, wrinkle removal, and freckle removal. The insoluble dietary fiber in wheat can prevent constipation and cancer.

2. Barley is sweet in taste and mild in nature. It can calm the stomach and quench thirst, quench thirst and remove heat, replenish qi and regulate the middle, widen the chest and lower qi, eliminate food accumulation, replenish deficiency and inferiority, strengthen blood vessels and improve color, and transform the five internal organs. The effects of cereals are to treat stranguria and painful urination; to treat wheat awns in the eyes; to cure polydipsia, irregular drinking, dry and scorched tongue in the elderly; to cure water-gas diseases; to clear away heat and heat in summer; to treat acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and throat abscesses.