Can you eat Job’s tears with a weak spleen and stomach?

Job’s tears can be eaten if the spleen and stomach are weak. The spleen is the main transporter (the spleen has the function of digesting food and drink, absorbing food essence and water and transferring it to the whole body), and can transport and transform water and grains as well as water-dampness. Weakness of the spleen and stomach results in the failure of transportation and transformation, and the accumulation of water-dampness. Job’s tears have the effect of strengthening the spleen and inducing dampness, which can enhance the function of the spleen and stomach, and get rid of excess water-dampness in the body. Therefore, patients with weak spleen and stomach can consume a moderate amount of Coix Seed. The common clinical manifestations of weak spleen and stomach: less food, dull (no appetite, less food), abdominal distension, loose stools, light color, no smell, finish the grain does not melt (there is more undigested food in the stools), easy to diarrhea after eating, the course of the disease is longer, often accompanied by fatigue (lack of mental strength) fatigue, yellowish color, thin, pale tongue, thin white moss, weak pulse. Job’s tears, attributed to the spleen, stomach, lung meridian. It is sweet, light and cool. Its efficacy strengthens the spleen and seeps dampness, removes paralysis and stops diarrhea, and detoxifies and drains pus. It is mostly used for the treatment of spleen deficiency and diarrhea, edema, foot fungus, dysuria (unsmooth urination), dampness paralysis and contracture. Therefore, Job’s tears can be used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, but pregnant women need to be careful to use. Weakness of the spleen and stomach can be appropriate consumption of Coix Seed, but the efficacy of the drug is limited, you need to be a professional doctor according to the actual condition, with other drugs used in conjunction, the effect is better.