Coix seed is sweet, light and slightly cold, and enters spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is not recommended to take it during menstruation. If you want to take it, you should add some ginger to reconcile the medicinal properties.

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, coix seed is mainly beneficial to edema, spleen dampness, muscle relaxation and joint pain, clearing heat and discharging pus. Sweet and light, it is not suitable for women who are afraid of cold during their menstrual period. Pay special attention to female friends who are frigid. Don't eat too much coix seed or coix seed products except during menstruation.

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.

In addition, because coix seed can make the body cold, pregnant women should avoid eating it except women with cold constitution and menstrual period.

Coix lachryma? Todd. ) Also called: Coix lacryma-jobi, Coix lacryma-jobi and Liuguzi, which are the seeds of Coix lacryma-jobi in Gramineae. It is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians, which is beneficial to water and spleen, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus. Coix seed is born in warm and humid ten squares and valleys, and it is common below 2000 meters above sea level.