Efficacy and function of coix seed
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Coicis Semen "tonifies the spleen and stomach, tonifies the lung and clears away heat, dispels wind and overcomes dampness, keeps beauty, keeps capacity and prolongs life". Coix seed can lose weight, prevent cardiovascular diseases, reduce blood fat, promote metabolism, whiten skin, and prevent cancer.
1, Weight loss: Coix seed is the best staple food for weight loss because of its highest fiber content and low fat and calories. It is also rich in protein, oil, vitamins, minerals and sugars. It has the effect of whitening and removing spots, and is especially effective for people with edema in the lower body.
2. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases: Eating 50-100g of coix seed every day can reduce blood cholesterol and triglyceride, and prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, stroke, cardiovascular diseases and heart disease.
3, lowering blood fat: Because Coix seed is rich in water-soluble fiber, it can absorb bile salts (responsible for digesting fat), which makes the absorption rate of fat in the intestine worse, thus lowering blood fat and lowering blood sugar.
4, promote metabolism: Coix seed can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, with diuretic, detumescence and other effects, and can help defecation.
5, whitening the skin: Coix seed is rich in vitamin E, which can help eliminate spots and make the skin fair. If you drink it for a long time, it can also achieve the effect of moisturizing the skin.
6. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Modern science has confirmed that the coix seed fat contained in coix seed can prevent the growth and injury of cancer cells.
Efficacy and function of poria cocos
1. Diarrhea Poria due to spleen deficiency can not only strengthen the spleen, but also ooze dampness. For diarrhea and leukorrhagia due to spleen deficiency, Poria has the effect of treating both the symptoms and root causes, and is often used with Dangshen, Baizhu and Yam. There are auxiliary drugs that can be used to tonify lung and spleen and treat qi deficiency.
2, phlegm and phlegm into the collateral, shoulder pain Poria cocos can not only promote diuresis and ooze dampness, but also have the effect of strengthening the spleen, which has a therapeutic effect on spleen deficiency and can not transport water and ooze dampness, and stop aggregation and produce phlegm. Pinellia ternata and Chenpi can be used together, or together with Guizhi and Atractylodis Rhizoma. For phlegm-dampness entering collaterals, sore shoulder and backache, it can be combined with Banxia and Fructus Aurantii.
3, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms Poria can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, so it can be used for anxiety, palpitations, insomnia and other symptoms, often combined with ginseng, polygala tenuifolia, Ziziphus jujuba seeds and so on.
4, anti-cancer clinical commonly used in the treatment of esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, tongue cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, ulcerative melanoma and other cancers belong to spleen deficiency and dampness, phlegm, damp-heat and blood stasis.
5, urination is not conducive to edema and other symptoms. Poria cocos is beneficial to the effect of water infiltration, but its property is mild, and it is a drug for diuresis without hurting vital qi. All the symptoms of dysuria and stagnant water and dampness, regardless of cold and dampness, damp and heat, or spleen deficiency and dampness accumulation, can be used together. For cold and dampness, it can be combined with Guizhi and Baizhu. For damp-heat, it can be combined with Polyporus and Alisma orientalis. For spleen-qi deficiency, it can be combined with Dangshen, Huangqi and Atractylodes macrocephala. For deficiency cold, it can also be used with aconite and Atractylodes macrocephala.