Effects of Job’s Tears and Adzuki Beans

Job’s Chinese name is “Coix Seed”, Coix Seed has the effect of diuresis (promoting the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, draining pus, detoxification and dispersal of pus; red beans have the effect of detoxification and draining pus, and diuresis and elimination of oedema (facilitating the passage of urine and eliminating oedema). It can strengthen the spleen, tonify the middle, promote diuresis and eliminate swelling, and can treat edema and bloating, dysuria and diarrhea caused by deficiency of the spleen and dampness; this medicine can also exude dampness and remove paralysis, and relieve the tendons and veins, so it can treat dampness paralysis and tendons and veins contracture and pain. This medicine can also clear the heat of the intestines and lungs, eliminate carbuncles and expel pus (eliminating carbuncles and discharging pus), which can treat carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps) and carbuncles of the lungs; this medicine also has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins and evil qi in the body), which can treat warts (sarcoma growing on the skin) and cancerous tumors. It should be noted that Coix lacryma is slippery in nature and should be used with caution in pregnant women. Adverse reactions are not clear. 2. Red beans can detoxify pus, used in the treatment of carbuncle sores, intestinal carbuncle abdominal pain; this drug can also diuretic swelling, can treat edema and urinary edema, foot edema. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this drug are not clear. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended to go to the hospital and use the medication under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis.