Job’s Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

薏苡仁yì yǐ rénYiyiren

Coix lacryma-jobi · Plant

Coix lacryma-jobi
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Indications

Cautions

Contains caffeine; avoid with anxiety, insomnia, and certain heart conditions.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Job’s Tears for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

BeriberiDamp Impediment & HypertonicityEdemaFlat WartInhibited UrinationIntestinal Welling AbscessPulmonary Welling AbscessSpleen Vacuity Diarrhea

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Job’s Tears does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Expel PusEliminate Impediment & Check DiarrheaFortify Spleen & Percolate Damp