What is the medicinal value of coix seed?

Job's tears plays a very important role in our lives. Not only can it be eaten as a therapeutic food, but it also has good medicinal value. Whether in daily diet or as a medicine, it has an obvious effect on the treatment of various diseases. It is a plant that can be used as both food and medicine. What is the medicinal value of job's tears? This is what many friends want to know. Let’s take a look at it below.

Medicinal value of coix seed

⑴ Anti-cancer and anti-tumor Coix seed contains anti-cancer and anti-tumor active ingredients, including: free fatty acids, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, etc. Its anti-cancer mechanism is to inhibit the development of cancer by changing the mechanism of cell apoptosis. Studies have found that coix seed extract can inhibit the expression of colon cancer proteins, and its rich dietary fiber also has the effect of preventing colon cancer.

⑵ Anti-inflammatory and analgesic: Coix seed contains anti-inflammatory active ingredients, which have the effects of reducing swelling, dispersing nodules, astringing and reducing fire. The Ling Gui Yi Yi Ren Decoction made from coix seed, Poria cocos, cinnamon twig and other medicinal materials is taken orally to treat knee synovitis, with an effective rate of 96.5%.

⑶ Clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Coix seed has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and has a good effect on the treatment of flat warts. The efficacy of using coix seed and several other Chinese medicinal materials to make Daqing Coix Seed Decoction for treating flat warts is as high as 97.03%. Sanren Decoction, made with coix seed, apricot kernel and white cardamom seed, has also achieved satisfactory results in the treatment of eye diseases such as "star-forming disorder" and "cyanotic cataract".

⑷ Multiple anti-disease effects: Job's tears protein contains multiple effective ingredients that are beneficial to the human body. For example, the plant anti-pathogenic fungal protein it contains has good antibacterial activity and thermal stability. Job's tears oil can slow down or eliminate muscle spasms, relax bronchi, improve respiratory function, and lower serum calcium and blood sugar.

⑸ Anti-aging: Job's tears are rich in vitamin E and have antioxidant function. They play a very important role in inhibiting toxic lipid peroxides, stabilizing unsaturated fatty acids, maintaining cell membrane integrity, and anti-aging.

⑹Beauty and weight loss Modern research has confirmed that coix seed is rich in protein, vitamins B1 and B2. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate. It has a good effect in eliminating acne, freckles, age spots, pregnancy spots, preventing desquamation, chapped skin, and rough skin.

⑺ Diuretic and detumescent. Coix seed can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body. Its oil extracts such as coixol, coix seed oil, and coix ester triterpene compounds have a weight-loss effect. A slimming drink made from raw coix seeds, cassia seeds, hawthorn, salvia miltiorrhiza, etc. is used to treat obesity, with a total effective rate of 71.7%.

Through the above introduction, we know the medicinal value of coix seed, and the nutritional value of coix seed is also very rich. It contains various amino acids needed by the human body, and is also rich in protein and various vitamins. In normal times, we can achieve the effect of health preservation by making porridge.