What are the effects and functions of coix seed?

The efficacy and effects of coix seed are recognized, because in traditional Chinese medicine it is often used to nourish the spleen and relieve abdominal distension. In addition, drinking coix seed porridge is good for our gastrointestinal conditioning, and can relieve abdominal distension and indigestion caused by poor appetite.

1. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that medicines that have a spleen-tonifying effect can enhance their efficacy and alleviate the properties of certain strong drugs after being fried with bran. If you have a bad spleen and stomach, and always cannot eat, or feel bloated after eating, and always feel uncomfortable, add a handful of fried coix seed with bran to the porridge and cook them together. This can effectively relieve the loss of appetite and bloating. Only eating can be effective

2. When people usually eat coix seed, they usually cook it directly into soup or porridge. You can also stew winter melon with barley. Because winter melon tastes sweet and mild and is cold in nature, it is known for its diuretic and swelling-reducing effects. It is an excellent product for treating edema and losing weight. When eaten together with coix seed, it is like the combined force in physics, with a greater effect. The greatest effect of this soup is to eliminate dampness, reduce swelling and lose weight. It is very suitable for people with edema and obesity. It also has certain effects on pain in the joints of the limbs, difficulty in flexion and extension, and excessive and turbid leucorrhea. Winter melon is cold in nature, so when stewing it with barley, be sure to add onions and ginger to dispel the cold.

3. Boiling pig lungs with coix seed can not only nourish the lungs and quench thirst, but also strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis. 1 pig lung, 30 grams of coix seed, and appropriate amount of seasoning. When making it, wash the coix seeds and mash them into powder. Wash the pig lungs and fill them with clean water. Be careful to rinse them gently with cold water first, and do not rub them hard. Because coix seed is tough and difficult to cook, it needs to be soaked for 2-3 hours before cooking. The water used to soak rice must be cooked together with the rice and cannot be discarded. This will prevent the nutrients contained in the coix seeds from being lost during soaking.

4. The simplest way to eat coix seed is to drink the fried coix seed as tea, or to grind the fried coix seed and take coix seed powder every day. It is also good to cook porridge with red beans.