Job’s tears are also known as Coix lacryma, and ginger generally refers to ginger. The two can be cooked together within the scope of their respective indications, and have the effect of inducing water and seeping dampness (promoting the operation of water to dispel dampness), relieving the surface and dispersing cold (removing the cold from the surface of the muscle), and so on.
Job’s tears are the dried mature seed kernels of the plant Coix lacryma. It has the effects of inducing diuresis, strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, draining pus, and detoxifying and dispersing knots. It is used for edema, dysuria, diarrhea, carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps).
Job’s tears adverse reactions, contraindications are not yet clear. Medication should be noted that pregnant women should be taken with caution.
Ginger is the plant ginger fresh rhizome. It has the function of relieving exterior cold, warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is mainly used for treating wind-cold cold and flu, stomach cold and vomiting. Its adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions are not yet clear.
From the efficacy and action of the two medicines, there is no violation of the contraindications of Chinese medicine compounding between the two, and they can be boiled together within the scope of their respective indications.
Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the evidence, individuals should not use blindly, so as not to cause adverse consequences.