Job’s tears that is, Coix lacryma, Coix lacryma ginger poria boiled water to drink, with water seepage dampness, dispersal of cold and warm effect, can be used for edema and urination, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, gastric cold and vomiting and other diseases, but the role of a limited number of people, should be under the guidance of the doctor to identify the use of medication.
1. Job’s tears have the effect of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the operation of water to get rid of dampness), removing paralysis, strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, detoxifying and dispersing knots, and draining pus. It is used for diarrhea, edema, dysuria, foot fungus, lung carbuncle (lung abscess), intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lump), and dampness paralysis and contracture.
2. Ginger is effective in dispersing cold and relieving symptoms, relieving cough and phlegm, stopping vomiting and warming the middle, and relieving fish and crab poison. It is used for vomiting with cold stomach, fish and crab poisoning, coughing with cold phlegm, wind-cold flu, etc. It is also used to relieve coughing with cold phlegm. Ginger is not recommended for those who have internal heat or heat deficiency.
3. The effects of Poria are tranquilizing the heart, strengthening the spleen, inducing diuresis and seeping dampness. It is used for phlegm (pathological product formed by water metabolism disorder), palpitation, dizziness, edema, urinary deficiency, spleen deficiency, poor diet, restlessness, palpitation and insomnia, loose stool (stools are not formed) and diarrhea. Poria should be taken with caution in cases of yin deficiency without dampness-heat, deficiency cold and slippery semen, and qi deficiency and subsidence.