Optimal doses of barley as a food or supplement have not been established for any condition. However, to try to lower cholesterol, people have used one of these daily doses: 1  3 grams of barley oil extract. 2  30 grams of barley bran flour.
Your body creates sweat when your internal core temperature becomes too high, since moisture naturally cools your body. The same concept is true should you find yourself wet while in cold weather or sweaty after a strenuous workout. Towel off and find dry clothes to raise your core body temperature again.
How to tell if you're having a hot flash: The rise in temperature involved in hot flashes is not severe. During a hot flash, the blood rushing to the vessels nearest the skin may raise skin temperature by five to seven degrees, but core body temperature will not usually rise above a normal 98.6 degrees.