Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) Pronunciation: Yi Yi Ren Alias: Job’s tears, barley, coix seed. Functions: It promotes diuresis and dampness elimination, dispels dampness and alleviates pain, strengthens the spleen and stops diarrhea, clears heat and expels pus. It is indicated for urinary difficulties, edema, beriberi, dampness obstruction, initial stages of damp-heat, as well as … Read more
Properties and Channels Sweet, bland, and cool. It enters the Spleen, Stomach, and Lung channels. Functions and Indications Promotes diuresis and drains dampness, strengthens the Spleen and stops diarrhea, alleviates bi syndrome, expels pus, and detoxifies and disperses masses. It is used for edema, beriberi, difficulty in urination, Spleen deficiency diarrhea, damp bi syndrome with … Read more
Job’s Tears (Yi Yi Ren) 【Herb Name Explanation】 Job’s Tears, first recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, is classified as a superior herb. It is also known by various names such as jie li (解蠡), hui hui mi (回回米), yi zhu zi (薏珠子), qi shi (芑实), pu ti zhu (菩提珠), jiao nian zhu … Read more
YI YI REN The Historical Legend of Yi Yi Ren Yi Yi Ren, also known as Coix Seed, is one of the earliest grains consumed in ancient China. There is a myth associated with it and Da Yu (Great Yu). Da Yu’s father, Su, married a girl named Nu Xi, but after many years of … Read more
Job’s Tears (Yi Yi Ren) is an excellent herb for dispelling dampness. It is especially sought after during the rainy and humid seasons. However, do you really understand Job’s Tears? Are you consuming it correctly? Getting to Know Job’s Tears Job’s Tears is the dried mature seed of the plant Coix lacryma-jobi, also known as … Read more
The Efficacy and Usage of Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren), also known as Job’s tears, is the mature seed of the plant Coix lacryma-jobi, belonging to the Poaceae family. It is renowned as “the best rice in the world.” Coix Seed is both edible and medicinal; in traditional Chinese medicine … Read more
This is the 4883rd article from Da Yi Xiao Hu Grain Rain (Gu Yu), as the last solar term of spring, marks the end of the spring season and heralds the beginning of summer. At this time, all things grow, and prosperity abounds. During this period, precipitation significantly increases, nourishing the crops and allowing seedlings … Read more
Yi Yi Ren (Job’s Tears), also known as Yi Mi, is one of the commonly used medicinal materials that serves both medicinal and culinary purposes. The medicinal use of Yi Yi Ren was first recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, noting its effectiveness in treating rheumatic pain, promoting qi, and eliminating dampness. Long-term … Read more
Coix Seed (Yiyiren) is the dried mature seed of the plant Coix lacryma-jobi, belonging to the Poaceae family. It is also known as Job’s tears and is a perennial herb. Both the Shennong Bencao Jing and Bencao Gangmu list it as a superior herb. “Coix Seed, sweet in flavor and slightly cold in nature, is … Read more
01 Plant Morphology This is an annual or perennial herb. It grows in clumps and is highly branched. The leaves are alternate; the leaf blades are linear-lanceolate, smooth on both sides, with rough edges. The racemose inflorescence is axillary; the male spikelets are arranged in a whorled pattern on each node of the spike axis; … Read more