Red beans and Job’s tears are two kinds of Chinese medicine, in which red beans have the effect of tonifying blood and nourishing blood (nourishing the blood), regulating qi, and promoting menstruation, and Job’s tears, that is, Coix lacryma, has the effect of promoting water and seeping dampness (promoting the operation of the water to get rid of dampness), detoxification and dispersal of knots, and stopping diarrhea and strengthening the spleen.
1. red bean: flat, bitter taste, a small poison, for the legume red bean tree seeds, with blood nourishing blood, qi, menstruation effect, can be used for the treatment of blood deficiency, menstrual disorders, blood dysmenorrhea, as well as post-partum blood deficiency, breast milk, qi (the body’s gas does not run smoothly), liver, liver qi disorders, and other conditions.
2. Job’s tears: taste sweet, light, cool, with water seepage and dampness, detoxification and dissipation, diarrhea and spleen effects, can be used to treat edema, foot odor, urinary incontinence (urine is not smooth), diarrhea (diarrhea caused by a weak spleen), dampness paralysis contracture, carbuncle, carbuncle (carbuncle occurs in the bowels of the intestinal organs, with fever, right abdominal pain, can be touched the lump as a manifestation of the disease) and other conditions.
The combination of the two can promote water retention and eliminate swelling (to facilitate urination and eliminate edema), strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, especially for the dampness of diarrhea and swelling caused by spleen deficiency. However, pregnant women should be careful to avoid consumption.
Specifically should be taken under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delay or harm to the body.