Problems usually start before age 3, and common presenting features include: 1  Coarsening of facial features. 2  Thickening of the tongue. 3  Decline in intellectual function. 4  Hearing problems. 5  Swollen and stiff joints. 6  Abdominal hernias. 7  Hepatosplenomegaly.
In spite of its name, the water chestnut is not a nut; itâs an aquatic vegetable. Long, slender stems grow above the water, while they form a bulb under the water that stores food for the plant and grows into the edible vegetable.
Barley water is a traditional herbal tea in various parts of the world. Drinking boiled grain in water, strained or not, is an ancient practice. Variations include: 1  Kykeon (Gr. ÎºÏÎºÎµÏÎ½, from ÎºÏÎºÎ¬Ï, to stir, to mix) was an ancient Greek drink made mainly of water, barley and naturally occurring substances. It was used at the climax of the Eleusinian Mysteries to break a sacred fast, but it was also a favourite drink of Greek peasants. 2  The British version is made by boiling washed pearl barley, straining, then pouring the hot water over the rind and/or pulp of a lemon, and adding fruit juice and sugar to taste.