Job’s tears that is, Coix lacryma, Plantago ovata Coix lacryma with the efficacy of spleen, water, detoxification, diuretic, etc., usually boiled water to take the effect is better, soak up the water to reach the efficacy of medicinal use.
Psyllium has the effect of cooling the blood, detoxifying, clearing heat, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling, small amount of urine and not pass), and expectorant. It can be used for urinary edema, heat drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), astringent pain, phlegm-heat cough, summer dampness and diarrhea, carbuncle, swelling and sores, and vomiting and epistaxis. Psyllium is forbidden for those who are weak and slippery in essence.
Coix Seed has the effects of strengthening the spleen to stop diarrhea, seeping dampness and inducing diuresis, draining pus, removing paralysis, dispersing knots and removing toxins. It can be used for dysuria (unsmooth urination), edema, diarrhea in spleen deficiency, lung carbuncle, dampness paralysis, warts (sarcoma on the skin), intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps). Pregnant women should use this product with caution.
Psyllium, Coix lacryma is used in combination, with detoxification, diuretic, diuresis, diuresis (promote the operation of water to dispel dampness) effect, can be used for carbuncle, urinary edema and other conditions, but the effective dose of water to drink is limited, not the ideal effect of the role of decoction is generally taken to take the internal use of the decoction. Specific medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.