Definition:

In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Yi Yi Ren belongs to category of herbs that drain dampness.

Taste: sweet, bland
Temperature: slightly cold
Channels Entered: Lungs, Spleen, Stomach, Kidney

Actions:
(1) Promotes urination, leaches out dampness, strengthens the Spleen.
(2) Clears heat, expels pus.
(3) Facilitates resolution of dampness, eliminates painful obstruction.

Also Known As:

Common Name: Coix Seed, Job's Tears Seed
Pharmaceutical: Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi
Botanical: Coix

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