Professional culture:
Legend 1
Coix lachryma-jobi seed is a traditional food in beauty beauty, and it is also a commonly used medicine to treat diseases. Sweet in taste and cold in nature, it is beneficial to the effects of water infiltration, spleen strengthening and lung benefiting, heat clearing and pus discharging. It is the first choice for treating disfiguring dermatoses such as facial flat wart, acne and chloasma. Its beauty has a long history and is favored by doctors and women. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a woman with warts. She often secretly tastes coix seed wine (coix seed and white wine) for her husband. Over time, not only the wart on the neck disappeared unconsciously, but also the wrinkles on her face disappeared, making her look young. Later, the beauty of coix seed wine has been passed down to this day.
Legend 2
There is also a legend that the darling daughter of a wealthy family in ancient times had skin that was inelastic and rough like Erythrina bark for some reason. Repeated treatment is ineffective. Almost 24 years old, no one has come to propose, and the members are anxious. Later, I heard that porridge made of barley could cure this disease, so I cooked porridge with about 50g of barley every morning, noon and evening, and made tea for the young lady with 100g of clean barley. After half a year, the young lady's skin is as smooth as pearls, as delicate as jade, and radiant!
Professional efficacy:
1, Coix seed contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can promote metabolism and reduce the burden on the stomach, and can be used as a tonic food for weak patients during or after illness.
2. Regular consumption of barley food is also effective for diseases such as chronic enteritis and indigestion. Coix seed can enhance renal function and has the effect of clearing heat and diuresis, so it is also effective for edema patients.
3. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that Coix lachryma-jobi seed has anti-cancer effect, and its anti-cancer active ingredient contains selenium, which can effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and can be used as an adjuvant treatment for gastric cancer and cervical cancer.
4. Healthy people often eat barley, which can make the body agile and reduce the occurrence of tumors.
5. Coix seed contains a certain amount of vitamin E, which is a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and spots, improve skin color, and have a certain therapeutic effect on warts caused by virus infection.
6. Coix seed is rich in vitamin B, which is very beneficial to prevent beriberi.
"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 it can inhibit cancer by more than 35%. No wonder there is a song in Guilin.
The folk song goes like this: "Coix seed is better than Ganoderma lucidum and has high medicinal and nutritional value. Eating regularly can prolong life and contribute to rejuvenation. " Coix seed is a good medicinal tonic. According to the analysis of medical department, Coix seed contains protein 16.2%, fat 4.6% and sugar 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.