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It is said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, General Ma Yuan fought in Jiaozhi (equivalent to present-day Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern and central Vietnam). Due to the humid and hot climate of the southern mountains, which caused miasma to spread, Ma Yuan and his soldiers often consumed Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed). After eating it, the soldiers not only felt lighter but were also able to overcome the miasma.
Later, when Ma Yuan returned victorious from pacifying the southern regions, he brought back a cartload of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) as seeds for cultivation. However, this act was misused by some malicious individuals who falsely accused him of plundering a large amount of jewelry from the people. To prove his innocence, Ma Yuan angrily dumped the cartload of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) into the Lijiang River in public, instantly dispelling the rumors. 
The local people loved this honest and selfless general, so they named the mountain by the Lijiang River “Fubo Mountain,” and Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) also gained the beautiful name “Yi Zhu Zi (Pearl Seed).”
Many of you may be familiar with the effects and benefits of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed). Let me summarize them for you.
Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed)
In Japan, Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) is regarded as a typical “anti-cancer food,” but in China, many people rarely consume it due to a lack of understanding of its benefits. In fact, Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) not only has significant anti-cancer properties but also strengthens the spleen, nourishes the lungs, clears heat, and promotes diuresis, making it a natural beauty food. So, what are the specific effects and benefits of roasted Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed)?
Effects and Benefits of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed)
The preparation of traditional Chinese medicine is very meticulous and affects its efficacy. The roasting process alters its properties, making it more suitable for users. The effects of roasted Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) include: strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, clearing heat, and promoting diuresis. It treats diarrhea, dampness obstruction, muscle spasms, difficulty in flexion and extension, edema, beriberi, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, turbid urination, and excessive leukorrhea. 
Modern research shows that Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) contains starch, sugars, proteins, fats, amino acids, adenosine, and trace elements. Its active components include coix seed oil and coix polysaccharides. Animal studies have demonstrated that Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) has certain effects in lowering blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, anti-aging, anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and enhancing the body’s immune response. These effects may explain the beauty and anti-skin aging properties of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed).
Yi Ren (Coix Seed) is a type of grain that can be boiled until soft or roasted. Roasting Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) is more beneficial for gastrointestinal absorption, and after roasting, its nature is neutral to slightly warm, making its spleen-strengthening effect stronger than that of raw seeds, but its diuretic function is not as strong as that of raw seeds. Raw Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) is more inclined to clear heat and drain pus, often used for abscesses.
Yi Yi
Names: Coix Seed, Yi Yi Ren, Liu Gu Zi, Yu Mi, Zhu Zhu Mi, Yi Ren.
Habitat Distribution: An annual or perennial herb, 1-1.5 meters tall. Grows in riverbanks and valleys, often cultivated. The stem is erect, clumping, with roots growing from the basal nodes. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, 10-40 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, sheath-like embracing the stem, with a prominent midrib and no hairs. Flowers are unisexual and monoecious. The fruit is enclosed in a spherical, hollow, bony husk. At the end of autumn, when the seeds mature, the above-ground parts are cut, threshed, and dried.
It is cultivated nationwide.
Taste and Properties: Sweet, bland, slightly cold. The root of Yi Yi (Coix Seed): bitter, sweet, cold.
Functions and Indications: Strengthens the spleen, promotes diuresis, clears heat, drains pus, stops diarrhea, and eliminates dampness. Clears heat and promotes diuresis, strengthens the spleen, and kills parasites.
Used to treat: lung abscess, appendicitis, chronic enteritis, diarrhea, heaviness in the limbs, excessive leukorrhea, gastric cancer, cervical cancer, and choriocarcinoma. 
Folk Prescription 1: Lung abscess (hemoptysis from lung abscess).
Prescription: 50 grams of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed). Method: Mash, cook into porridge, and divide into two doses, taking one dose daily.
Folk Prescription 2: Rheumatoid arthritis (dampness predominates: joint pain, numbness, swelling of limbs).
Prescription: 50 grams of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed), 15 grams of Wu Jia Pi, 30 grams of rock candy. Method: First, decoct Wu Jia Pi in water, remove the residue, add Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) to cook into porridge, then add rock candy to dissolve, divide into two doses, taking one dose daily.
Folk Prescription 3: Flat warts.
Prescription: 500 grams of raw Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed), 500 grams of white sugar. Method: Grind Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed) into a fine powder, mix with white sugar, take 10 grams each time, 2-3 times a day with warm water, for 15 consecutive days. Alternatively, use 30 grams of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed), decoct and take with residue for one month.
Folk Prescription 4: Hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis testis.
Prescription: 40 grams of raw Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed), 30 grams of Pian Xu. Method: Decoction in water, divided into three doses, for 7 consecutive days.
Folk Prescription 5: Excessive leukorrhea.
Prescription: 30 grams of Yi Yi Gen (Coix Root), 15 red dates. Method: Decoction in water, one dose daily.
Folk Prescription 6: Night blindness.
Prescription: 30 grams of Yi Yi Gen (Coix Root), 1 chicken liver (or 50 grams of pig liver). Method: Cook with rice wash, eat the liver and drink the soup.
Folk Prescription 7: Goiter.
Prescription: 50 grams of Yi Yi Ren (Coix Seed), 30 grams of kelp, 10 grams of white mustard seed (wrapped in cloth). 2 pieces of white tofu. Method: Stew with water until soft, remove the white mustard seed, and divide into two doses.
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