Nature and taste: sweet, light, slightly cold and non-toxic.

Meridian tropism: entering spleen, stomach, lung and large intestine.

Efficacy: clearing away damp-heat, expelling wind and dampness, promoting urination, benefiting lung and expelling pus, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening bones and muscles.

Indications: Rheumatalgia, Damp-heat beriberi, Damp-heat muscle cramp, Damp-heat arthralgia, edema, lung atrophy, lung abscess, cough, asthma, purulent blood, swollen throat, and intestinal carbuncle.

Taboo: pregnant women and people with body fluid failure and constipation should not use it; Not suitable for people with nocturnal emission and excessive urination.

Description: the above effects refer to raw barley soup and oral administration; If it is used to strengthen the spleen and stomach, benefit the stomach and intestines, and treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, it needs to be cooked and applied.

Coix seed has high nutritional value and is known as "the king of Gramineae in the world". Coix seed is edible, tastes like rice, is easy to digest and absorb, and can be cooked in porridge or soup. Winter melon soup in summer and autumn can be eaten with meals, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. Because of its rich nutrition, coix seed is a good medicine for the elderly, pregnant women and children who are weak and recovered after a long illness, and can be taken frequently. Whether it is used for nourishing or treating diseases, the effect is very mild, slight cold does not hurt the stomach, and spleen is not nourishing. It is reported that coix seed treatment component coix seed ester not only has nourishing effect, but also is an anticancer agent, which can inhibit Ehrlich ascites cancer cells and can be used for gastric cancer and cervical cancer. In addition to the above-mentioned functions of coix seed ester, coix seed alcohol contained in coix seed root also has the functions of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, relieving fever and expelling ascaris, and is suitable for hypertension, urinary calculi, urinary tract infections, ascariasis and the like. Coix seed leaves can be decocted in water, which is fragrant and diuretic. The usual dosage of coix seed is 20-30 grams, and the dosage can be increased to 60 grams if the patient is seriously ill.

Prescription reference:

1, job's tears porridge, treating lung carbuncle.

2, 60 grams of Coix seed (or root 180 grams), decoction, twice a day, to treat jaundice.

3, 60 grams of Coix seed, 45 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, decocted in water to treat wet and severe low back pain.

4. 40g of Coix seed, 40g of yam, 40g of lotus seed and 40g of jujube, 20g of lily, adenophora adenophora, 20g of spiny stone and Polygonatum odoratum, boiled with * * *, added with sugar, and even taken with dregs, which is a refreshing tonic for people who are not affected by warm fire in hot summer. The name is "Sweet and Cool". Has effect in invigorating spleen, relieve diarrhea, nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving restlessness and tranquilize mind, and is suitable for cough due to lung deficiency, persistent diarrhea, body weakness, excessive sweating, dry mouth, night sleep, MUBI, nocturnal emission in men, and leukorrhagia in women.

5, glutinous rice smashed: glutinous rice 100 grams, cooked into thick rice porridge. In addition, 500 grams of glutinous rice is cooked into dry rice and mixed into glutinous rice porridge. In cold weather, add a proper amount of distiller's yeast and mix well (in the same way as making glutinous rice wine), and ferment into fermented wine, which can be eaten with the amount every day. Has effects in invigorating spleen and stomach, expelling pathogenic wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles, and can be used for treating rheumatoid arthritis.

6, Coix seed lotus lily porridge: 50 grams of Coix seed, 30 grams of lotus seed (heart-removed), 20 grams of lily, first boiled into porridge, then boiled into porridge with 50 grams of japonica rice, and seasoned with appropriate amount of brown sugar (or honey). Has effects in invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, moistening lung, relieving diarrhea, strengthening body constitution and caring skin, and is suitable for constipation, eczema of lower limbs, facial acne, etc.

7. glutinous rice porridge: 50 grams of glutinous rice porridge, seasoned with appropriate amount of sugar. Once a day for a month. It has the effects of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, and is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, rheumatoid arthritis, edema, unfavorable flexion and extension of hands and feet, flat wart of skin, etc.

8, glutinous rice porridge: 30-60 grams of glutinous rice, 50 grams of glutinous rice, with porridge, add appropriate amount of sugar to taste. Has effect in invigorating spleen, regulate stomach, eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis, resisting canc and diminishing inflammation, and is suitable for senile asthenia or edema, beriberi of lower limbs, anorexia, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, rheumatalgia, psoriasis, eczema, rheumatic lumbago, etc. This can be used as an auxiliary diet to prevent and treat cancer, but it is not suitable for pregnant women.

9, glutinous rice ginkgo soup: 60 grams of glutinous rice, 8- 12 ginkgo (shelled), the same soup, add appropriate amount of sugar (or rock sugar) to taste. Has effect in invigorating spleen, remove dampness, clearing away heat and expelling pus.

10, coix seed beauty wine: 100g coix seed powder is bottled, soaked in 400 ml rice wine, and can be drunk after one week, 20 ml each time. If mixed with orange juice, lemon juice, apple juice and other juices, the drinking effect is better. Has effects in caring skin, and can be used for treating pachylosis and verruca plana.

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Vaella