Coix Seed Coix lacryma-jobi
Medicines that promote urination and reduce edemaCold
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Traditional recorded function
Promote urination and percolate dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, Clear heat and drain pus, remove impediment
1. Edema and difficult urination. 2. Spleen deficiency diarrhea. 3. Lung abscess and intestinal abscess. 4. Damp arthralgia with contracture of the sinews and vessels.
Nature & taste
SweetBlandCold
Meridians entered
LungStomachSpleen
Botanical source
Accepted nameCoix lacryma-jobi L.
FamilyPoaceae
Herbal properties
Slightly coldDescendingDrying
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