Now people pay more and more attention to health, but there are a lot of Chinese herbs in our life is often ignored, they have a very rich nutritional and medicinal value, such as Job's tears.
Coix lacryma, China's ancient books have many records on this. It is known as "the king of the world's graminaceous plants" by modern people, and it is the first one in the rice, which has a very high evaluation. There are more places exaggeratedly said "Job's tear is better than ganoderma lucidum grass, medicinal nutritional value is high, often eat can prolong the life of the old man, the old man back to the child to make a contribution." In recent times, a large number of studies have found that Job's tears also have anti-cancer effects.
And Job's tears are now gradually to the beauty world, eating can keep the human skin glossy and delicate, eliminate acne, freckles, age spots, stretch marks, butterfly spots, on the flaking, acne, cracks, skin roughness and so on have a good therapeutic effect.
Sexual flavor attributed to the meridian cool, sweet, light. Attributed to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians.
Characteristics of properties cool, sweet, light, into the spleen, stomach, lung meridian. Raw, slightly cold, can seepage of water-dampness, clearing heat, and remove paralysis pus, water-dampness and heat should be cast. Fried with flat and warm, the main to strengthen the spleen, and also seepage of dampness to stop diarrhea, spleen deficiency and dampness should be used.
Actions diuresis and seepage of dampness, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, drainage of pus, detoxification and dispersal of nodules.
Indications 1, urinary incontinence, edema, swelling and pain in the feet. 2, diarrhea in spleen deficiency. 3, dampness and warmth in the qi. 4, dampness paralysis of the tendons and veins. 5, carbuncle in the lungs, intestinal carbuncles.
Dosage 9~30g, can also be used as a soup, porridge and rice. Clearing dampness and heat, removing paralysis and draining pus is suitable for raw use, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea is suitable for fried use.
Note that pregnant women should be cautious.
In traditional Chinese medicine, Job's tears have the above effects; from a pharmaceutical point of view, it is a kind of food that belongs to the same source of medicine and food, and now we take it as a miscellaneous food, because from a food point of view, it is a kind of cereal and potato, which mainly provides carbohydrates, and ultimately, decomposed into sugar in our body to provide energy, and it also contains proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.