What is the difference between fried coix seed and raw coix seed

Fried coix seed and raw coix seed are just cooked differently. Fried coix seed is a method of frying the coix seed until it is cooked, and is divided into two types: fried until golden and fried until charred. The effects of cooked coix seed and raw coix seed are different. For example, raw coix seed is mainly used to clear away heat and dampness, while after being fried, it can increase warmth and will be better in strengthening the spleen and lungs. In other words, the effects of raw coix seed and cooked coix seed are different.

People with high blood lipids generally have heavy dampness

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when dampness is trapped in the human body, it tends to "tend downward", that is, the lower part of the body is more susceptible to its invasion, which can easily damage the body's yang energy, especially the spleen's yang energy. People with heavy dampness often experience problems such as heaviness in the head and body, diarrhea, sticky and uncomfortable stools, and swollen limbs. Modern medical research shows that among the TCM syndromes of hyperlipidemia, phlegm-dampness internal obstruction is the most common syndrome, and people with heavy dampness generally have high blood lipid levels. It can be seen that people with heavy dampness may also have disorders in blood lipid metabolism.

Raw and cooked have different effects

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that raw coix seed is sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians. It has the most significant effect of promoting diuresis and removing dampness. It can remove dampness and wind, clear away heat and discharge pus, eliminate numbness and relieve pain. It has significant effects on urinary problems, edema, athlete's foot, and rheumatic pain.

Fried barley is to fry the barley over low heat until it turns golden brown with a slightly burnt aroma. The so-called "burnt fragrance enters the spleen". Compared with raw coix seeds, fried coix seeds are less cold and more warm and astringent, and the effect of warming and strengthening the spleen becomes obvious.

Fried Job's tears with bran is made by frying bran and job's tears together. The effect of strengthening the spleen and astringing the intestines is more obvious. It is especially suitable for patients with spleen deficiency and dampness, who often have loose and sticky stools, and physical weakness and edema.

Experts teach you how to choose coix seed

Pharmacological experimental studies have shown that coix seed has certain effects in weight loss, lowering blood lipids and blood sugar. As for how to choose, it must be determined according to different physical conditions.

Huang Hanchao pointed out that people with spleen deficiency and coldness often show symptoms of fatigue, abdominal distension, poor appetite, dry mouth, and weak pulse, so they should choose fried coix seed; if the symptoms of diarrhea are obvious, especially those with intestinal rumbling after catching cold or being tired, they can choose fried coix seed with bran; on the contrary, people with the problem of dampness turning into heat, which is often manifested by dry and bitter mouth, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse, can choose raw coix seed. When eating, the elderly can grind the corresponding coix seeds into powder and brew it with boiling water each time. This way the absorption and utilization rate will be higher.

In addition, some unscrupulous merchants in the market bleach coix seeds in order to increase sales. The elderly can distinguish them by the following methods when purchasing:

1. Put a small amount of coix seed in a sealed bag and seal it. Open the bag after 1 hour and smell it to see if there is any irritating smell of sulfur or formaldehyde. 2. Take a handful of coix seed and rub it vigorously in the palm of your hand until it gets hot. Then bring it close to your nose and smell it. If it has been processed with sulfur or formaldehyde, there will be a pungent smell.