In life, many people like to eat highland barley to get rid of dampness. Coix seed, also known as Coix seed, rice seed, Coix seed, medicinal corn, etc. , which is the seed of Coix lachryma-jobi in Gramineae, has high nutritional value. Besides being used as food, it can also be used for medicine, wine making and even tea making. Someone asked, can drinking barley tea often improve people's mental outlook? Drinking more barley tea does have the function of assisting beauty, and there are many other benefits. The specific analysis here is as follows.

What are the benefits of drinking barley tea often?

Chinese medicine believes that coix seed is sweet and light in taste and cool in nature, and belongs to the spleen and stomach and lung meridians. It has the effects of promoting diuresis, eliminating dampness, invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, removing arthralgia, expelling pus, removing toxic substances and resolving hard mass, and can be used for diarrhea, arthralgia due to dampness, tendon contracture, poor flexion and extension, appendicitis, nephritis, edema, beriberi, lung flaccidity, lung abscess and intestinal abscess. Modern research shows that coix seed contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B, vitamin C, coix seed oil and coix seed ester. Generally speaking, drinking barley tea often has the following main benefits to the human body:

Beauty: Job's tears or something? This beauty food has the effects of moistening skin, whitening skin and removing spots. Regular consumption or external use of scrub powder can make the skin smooth, moist and fair, and it has a certain auxiliary effect on facial flat wart, chloasma, acne, chapped skin and other skin diseases.

(2) Adjuvant treatment of rheumatic joint pain: Coix seed has the effects of relaxing muscles and activating collaterals and removing arthralgia, and has a good curative effect on patients with rheumatic joint pain.

(3) Eliminating dampness: Coix seed is cool, can clear away heat and promote diuresis, and is a good food therapy for damp heat in summer.

(4) Adjuvant treatment of hypertension and hyperglycemia: Coix seed can dilate blood vessels and lower blood sugar, especially for hypertension and hyperglycemia.

How to make coix seed tea?

Firstly, cleaning the impurities in the coix seed; Wash with clear water, control water and dry; Then put Job's tears into the pot, stir-fry them with slow fire until they are slightly yellow, take them out when they swell, and let them cool; Then put the baked coix seed into the teapot; Finally, soak in boiling water for five to ten minutes before drinking (if you like the rich rice flavor, you can extend the soaking time appropriately).

Finally, drinking barley tea has many benefits, but it is worth noting that people with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency can fry barley before eating, and the effect is better. Because coix seed has a good diuretic effect, it should be used with caution for people who lose body fluid after a fever, or people who are usually suffering from yin deficiency and fire. Coix seed has obvious lubricity and can promote uterine contraction. Pregnant women are prone to miscarriage and other accidents after eating coix seed, which is not suitable for pregnant women. In addition, patients with nocturnal emission and enuresis should not eat coix seed.

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