Both adzuki beans and barley are used as herbs in Adzuki Bean and Job’s Tears Soup, of which barley is known as Job’s Tears as a medicine. This medicinal dish has the effects of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the flow of water to get rid of dampness), strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. But the effect is limited, difficult to achieve the effect of treatment of disease. Red beans are flat in nature, sour and sweet in taste, and can enter the small intestine and heart meridians, diuretic and eliminating swelling (facilitating urination and eliminating edema), detoxifying and draining pus. Job’s tears are cool in nature, light and sweet in taste, and can enter the stomach, lung and spleen meridians, which can diuretic and seepage dampness, remove paralysis and discharge pus, and strengthen the spleen to stop diarrhea. The two medicines can be used together to improve urinary incontinence (unruly urination), and diarrhea due to spleen deficiency (diarrhea caused by weak spleen function). In addition, the combination of red kidney beans and barley is also useful for dampness paralysis and constriction, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle that occurs in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right side of the abdomen, and palpable lump), lung carbuncle, carbuncle, swelling, and sores. Red beans are used with caution for those who have a deficiency of yin and fluid injury, and should not be consumed in large quantities. Job’s tears should be used with caution in pregnant women, those with spleen deficiency without dampness, and those with dry stools. Adverse reactions are not clear. Both red beans and Coix Seed are medicinal herbs and should not be used indiscriminately, but must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner in order to avoid delays in the condition.