Cool in nature, sweet and light in flavor.
Functions: strengthening the spleen and seeping dampness, removing paralysis and stopping diarrhea.
Treatments: Job's tears can be used to treat edema, foot fungus, dysuria, dampness paralysis constriction, spleen deficiency and diarrhea.
2 Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded: Job's tears can "strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonifying the lungs and clearing heat, remove the wind and seepage of dampness. Cooking food, treatment of cold air. Decoction drink, facilitate urination hot shower."