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Job’s Chinese medicine name is Coix Seed, and its method of administration is decoction of water to be taken internally or into pills, dispersions, etc., need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take. Job’s tear grains are sweet, light and cool in nature, mainly entering the lung, spleen and stomach meridians, with the effect of inducing water retention, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis and relieving pain, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus, and so on. It can treat diarrhea, edema, muscular contracture (muscle tension, stiffness), intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps), carbuncle of the lungs, and warts (sarcoma on the skin), often used with Poria, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, atractylodes macrocephala, atractylodes cangtongue, slippery rock, almonds, and cardamom kernels. The correct way to use Coix Seed is to decoct water and take it internally or put it into pills and powder, etc. It is suitable to be used raw for clearing heat and removing dampness; and it is suitable to be stir-fried for strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. The adverse effects of Coix Seed are not clear, and pregnant women should be cautious. If you need to use Coix Seed, you need to go through a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis before you can use it, do not take it arbitrarily.