The scientific name for Job’s tears is Coix lacryma. Red Bean and Job’s Tears Water should be taken with caution by pregnant women. Red beans and barley water is mainly composed of red beans, Coix lacryma, red beans as a food, does not have the effect of medicine, but it has a certain nutritional value. Job’s tears are sweet, light and cool. It is attributed to the spleen, lung and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of inducing water retention and eliminating swelling (facilitating urination and eliminating edema), strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, eliminating paralysis by seeping dampness, eliminating pus and eliminating carbuncles, and detoxifying and dispersing knots. It can be used to treat abdominal distension and edema, dysuria (unsmooth urination); diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and dampness, dampness paralysis, muscular contracture (continuous tension and stiffness of the muscles); lung carbuncle and chest pain, intestinal carbuncle (dampness and heat in the intestines and bowels); cancerous tumors, warts (sarcomas on the skin) and other diseases. Job’s tears are slippery in nature and should not be used by pregnant women. Therefore, red bean barley water can get rid of dampness, but the efficacy is limited, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a doctor. However, drinking red bean barley water should be moderate, if you are not feeling well, please go to the hospital in time, so as not to delay the condition.