The culm is erect, with a height of 1 ~ 1.5m, about 10 knots. The leaf sheath is smooth and the upper part is shorter than the internodes; Ligule is hard, about1mm long; Leaf blade linear-lanceolate, up to 30 cm long and 1.5 ~ 3 cm wide. Racemes, axillary bundles, 6 ~ 10 cm long, erect or drooping, total stalk.

Coix seed, also known as Coix seed, Coix seed, Coix seed, native corn, fruit, Coix seed bead, grass bead, Hui Hui rice, Miren and Liugu.

Coix seed is known as "the king of Gramineae in the world" because of its high nutritional value. In Europe, it is called "the friend of life and health". There are many kinds of coix seed in mountainous areas, and Wuyishan area has a long history of cultivation. In ancient times, coix seed was regarded as a treasure of nature and used as a sacrifice. In modern times, coix seed is regarded as a nutritious summer product, which can be eaten and used medicinally.

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Coix seed is slightly cold. Therefore, patients with severe deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, pregnant women, people with weak constitution and lack of water, and people who often have chapped lips and thirst are not suitable for taking Coix seed porridge or pure Coix seed food for a long time. Therefore, we must choose the appropriate medicinal materials according to the principle of "taking it without sex" in traditional Chinese medicine.

For example, when eating barley porridge, mix some peppers to take the heat of peppers to resist the cold of barley; Or cooked with widely circulated nourishing Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Rehmanniae.

In recent years, thanks to the popularity of "energetic diet" and "natural therapy", many traditional good things have been paid attention to again, and the most popular one is coix seed, because coix seed is not only a food that can satisfy the stomach, but also a medicinal material that can adjust the body function, and most of them advocate dietotherapy, beauty and slimming.

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