Coix Seed (English name of Coicis in Latin) is also known as Coix seed, Coix seed, Coix seed, native corn, Coix seed, seven branches, Coix pearl, Hui Hui rice, rice seed and six strands. It is a common traditional Chinese medicine, and it is a common food that is often eaten. It is 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. , is commonly used diuretic, osmotic drugs. 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 carbohydrate 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. 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 says, "Coix seed is better than Ganoderma lucidum, and its medicinal and nutritional value is high. Eating regularly can prolong life and contribute to rejuvenation. " Cultivated in panicum miliaceum. 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; The female spikelet is located in the lower part of the inflorescence, 7 ~ 9 mm long, and is wrapped by a rosary involucre, and the spikelet is as long as the involucre. The first spikelet with membranous lower part, thick papery upper part, blunt top and 10 pulse can be bred. The second glume is boat-shaped, wrapped in the first glume, and the top is as thick as paper and tapered; The first floret only has lemma, which is a little shorter than Yu Ying, and its apex is thicker and thinner; The second lemma is slightly shorter than the first lemma, with 3 veins; Palea similar to lemma but smaller; Stamens 3, degenerated, minute; Pistil with long style, stigma separated and involucre extended; Degenerate female spikelets, cylindrical, juxtaposed on one side of fertile spikelets, with the top protruding from the involucre; Male spikes usually have 3 nodes, one of which is sessile, 6 ~ 7 mm long, glume, the first glume is flat, both sides are folded into ridges, the top is blunt, and there are many veins; The second glume is boat-shaped with many veins; It contains 2 small flowers, and both the lemma and the palea are membranous; Each floret contains 3 stamens; Petiole is similar to sessile spikelet, but smaller or more degenerated. When the fruit is ripe, the involucre is hard and enamel, ovoid or ovoid, and contains caryopsis; Carnation-shaped, about 5 mm long. The flowering and fruiting period is July ~ 10, but it is prone to waterlogging and drought. It is cultivated all over China. There are wild places south of the Yangtze River. Born next to a house, in the wilderness, in a river, stream or wet valley. This product is oval or rectangular, 4 ~ 8 mm long and 3 ~ 6 mm wide. The surface is milky white and smooth, with occasional yellowish brown seed coat. One end is blunt and round, the other end is slightly concave and wide, with 1 light brown punctate hilum. The back is round and convex, and the ventral surface has a longitudinal groove with a width of 1. Solid, white part, powder. Slight breath, slightly sweet taste.

Origin: Fujian, Hebei, Liaoning

Harvest and processing:11~ 65438+February. Sun-drying, fruit setting, sun-drying, hulling, removing yellow-brown seed coat and impurities,

Ingredients: Coix seed is mainly composed of protein, vitamin B 1 and B2, which has the effects of smoothing skin, reducing wrinkles and eliminating pigmentation spots. Long-term drinking can treat brown spots, freckles and blisters, make the spots disappear and moisturize the skin. Moreover, it can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, and has the functions of diuresis and edema elimination. It is also a kind of food and drink. The seed contains coix seed ester, crude protein 13%- 14% and fat 2%-8%. Among lipids, triacylglycerol 6 1%-64%, diacylglycerol 6%-7%, monoacylglycerol 4%, sterol ester 9%, and free fatty acid 17%- 18%. The linoleic acid content in triacylglycerol can reach 25%-28%, and the linoleic acid content in free fatty acid is 27%-28%. Free fatty acids include palmitic acid, stearic acid and cis -8-α- octadecenoic acid, namely oleic acid. Monoglycerides include α-monoglyceride, cis-and trans-feruloyl soybean sterols, cis-and trans-feruloyl rapeseed oil sterols, etc. Among sterol esters, ovulation can be promoted. The seed kernel also contains dextran with anti-complement effect, acidic polysaccharides CA- 1 and CA-2, and coix seed polysaccharides A, B and C with hypoglycemic effect. Seed volatile oil contains 69 components, among which hexanal, caproic acid, 2- ethyl -3- hydroxybutyric acid, γ-nonlactone and nonanoic acid are the main components. Octanoic acid, ethyl palmitate, methyl linoleate, vanillin and ethyl linoleate, etc. Strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness, stopping diarrhea and discharging pus. Used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, muscle soreness, joint pain, edema, beriberi, leucorrhea, lung abscess and appendicitis. Usually the dosage is 9 ~ 30g. Eliminating dampness and strengthening spleen; Relaxing tendons and removing arthralgia; Clearing heat and expelling pus

1. Effects on cardiovascular system: inhibiting respiratory center and dilating peripheral blood vessels, especially pulmonary blood vessels.

2. Anti-tumor: especially suitable for digestive tract tumors with spleen deficiency and dampness and lung cancer with phlegm heat and dampness.

3. Enhance immunity and anti-inflammation. Coix seed oil can promote cellular immunity and humoral immunity.

4. Lowering blood sugar: It can dilate blood vessels and lower blood sugar, especially suitable for hypertension and hyperglycemia.

5. Inhibition of skeletal muscle contraction: Coix seed can inhibit skeletal muscle contraction, reduce muscle contracture and shorten its fatigue curve; It can inhibit the contraction of striated muscle.

6. Sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects: It has sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects. It has a good curative effect on patients with rheumatic joint pain.

7. Reduce blood calcium, delay aging and improve immunity.

8. Edema; Beriberi; Urine drops; Damp-heat disease; Diarrhea with diarrhea; Rheumatalgia; Tendon contracture; Carbuncle of lung; Intestinal carbuncle; verruca plana

It has the effects of exciting, relieving fever, stopping bleeding, diminishing inflammation and expelling pus, and can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells. treat cordially

1. Used for hair: it can nourish hair, prevent hair loss and make hair smooth and soft.

2. Used for skin: it has obvious curative effect on facial acne and rough skin. In addition, it also has the ability to absorb ultraviolet rays, and its extract can also achieve sun protection and ultraviolet protection when added to cosmetics.

In addition, coix seed is a kind of food. Soft cooking or frying is more beneficial to the absorption of the stomach. People who often feel tired and have no strength can eat more. Coix seed is rich in protein decomposing enzyme, which can soften skin cutin. Long-term use is also effective for those with wart, rough and unsmooth skin.

Practice: The simplest thing is to drink the fried coix seed as tea, or grind the fried coix seed and take coix seed powder every day. There are coix seed tea or coix seed tea or coix seed powder on the market. You can also cook it with mung beans to make mung bean barley porridge (soak barley in water before cooking, it will cook faster). Oral administration: decoction,10-30g; Or take medicine, break up, soak in wine, cook porridge and make soup.