Botanical Name: Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.)
Common Name: Coix seed, Job's tears seed
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:
The seeds are obtained
by removing the hard husk of the fruit, which is gathered in autumn.
Properties & Taste: Sweet or no taste and slightly cold
Meridians: Spleen, stomach and lung
Functions: 1. To transform dampness and promote water metabolism;
2. To
strengthen the spleen;
3. To clear heat and eliminate pus
Indications:
1. Deficiency of spleen manifested as oedema, dysuria and diarrhoea.
2. Beginning stage of damp-heat febrile diseases when the pathogenic factor
is at the qi level.
3. Accumulation of damp-heat or stagnation of qi and blood manifested as
lung abscess and intestinal abscess.
Dosage: 10-30 g
Caution & Contraindications: To tone and strengthen the spleen, this herb
is dry-fried.
25 fresh seeds $3.50