Coix lacryma-jobi (Latin name: Coix lacryma-jobi L.) for the grass family, annual stout herbs, yellow-white fibrous roots, spongy, about 3 mm in diameter. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to December.

Mainly produced in Hubei, Hunan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces.

Taste sweet, light, sex slightly cold. Among them, the one with the origin of Herb Spring Siliusan Village is the most famous, which has the function of strengthening the spleen, diuresis, clearing heat and draining pus, as well as beautifying and nourishing the face. Coix seed kernel is one of China's traditional food resources, can be made into porridge, rice, all kinds of pasta for people to eat. It is especially suitable for the old, weak and sick.

Functions

Coix seed kernel: diuretic spleen; Shu tendon in addition to paralysis; clearing heat and drainage of pus. The main edema; foot fungus; urinary dribbling; dampness and temperature disease; diarrhea with lower; rheumatic paralysis; tendon contracture; lung carbuncle; intestinal carbuncle; flat warts.

Coix lacryma root: clearing away heat, inducing diuresis, strengthening the spleen and killing worms. Treatment of jaundice, edema, gonorrhea, hernia, menstrual closure, subluxation, worms and abdominal pain.