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title: "Mai Ya"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/543/mai-ya"
---

 ![mai ya, hordei fructus germinatus.jpg](/u/mai-ya-hordei-fructus-germinatus-2AmTSL.jpg) 

# Mai Ya

### Hordei Fructus Germinantus

_sweet, neutral_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Relieves Food Stagnation**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Indigestion
- Infant milk indigestion
- Poor appetite
- Distended and painful breasts
- Excess lactation
- Epigastric fullness
- Belching

Mai Ya is sweet and neutral. It enters the liver, stomach, and
spleen systems. It can be prescribed for lactating mothers to
restrict lactation.

**Channels:** liver, stomach, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Excess lactation
- Indigestion
- Bloating
- Diarrhea
- Dyspnea

**Formulas:**
- Fei Er Wan
- Jian Pi Wan
- Yi Jia Jian Zheng Qi San
- Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
- Zhi Shi Xiao Pi Wan

**Contraindications:** Mai Ya should not be prescribed to
lactating mothers during their normal lactation and breast
feeding stage

**Zoo Image:** a hippo rides in a liver qi canoe while eating pasta and squirting
milk from its breast

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