Red beans and coix seed are sacred products for detoxification. Red beans are sweet, sour, flat and non-toxic. Contains starch, fatty oil, protein, vitamins (A, B, C), plant saponin and aluminum.

Minerals like copper. Conducive to diuresis, detumescence, detoxification and pus discharge, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. The effect of strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea. It has certain effect on preventing and treating heart disease, nephropathy and edema. And has the characteristics of high fiber and low fat, and has good effects of relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat, regulating blood sugar, detoxicating and resisting cancer, preventing calculus, and keeping fit and losing weight.

Coix lachryma-jobi seed is a common traditional Chinese medicine, a common food that is often eaten, sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, which is beneficial to detumescence, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, clearing heat and expelling pus, and is a commonly used diuretic.

Coix seed is also a kind of beauty food, which can keep the skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne, spotted finches, senile plaques, pregnancy spots and butterfly spots, and has a good curative effect on dandruff, acne and chapped skin. Coix seed is a good medicinal tonic. According to the analysis of medical department, Coix seed contains protein 16.2%, fat 4.6% and sugar 79.2%. Braised pork feet, ribs and chicken with coix seed in winter is a nourishing food.

Cooking porridge with coix seed or making iced drinks with coix seed in summer are all good supplements. The seeds and roots of coix seed can be used as medicine to treat diseases. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records Li Shizhen: Coix seed can "strengthen the spleen and stomach, invigorate the lung and clear heat, dispel wind and overcome dampness". Cooking and air conditioning. "Decocting, facilitating urination and purging heat."

In recent years, a lot of scientific research and clinical practice have proved that coix seed is still an anticancer drug. Preliminary identification shows that its cancer inhibition rate can reach more than 35%. No wonder there is a folk song in Guilin that sings: "Coix seed is better than Ganoderma lucidum, and its medicinal and nutritional value is high. Eating regularly can prolong life and contribute to rejuvenation.

Coix seed not only has a good anticancer effect, but also can strengthen the spleen, tonify the lung, clear away heat, induce diuresis, and even is a natural beauty food. It would be better if we could add a few red dates.

Coix seed and red beans are difficult to cook, so they need to be soaked in warm water for 2-3 hours before cooking, so that they can fully absorb water. After absorbing water, they can easily cook with others.