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Botanical name |
Coicis lacryma-jobi |
| Pin yin name | Yi Yi Ren | |
| Pin yin description | this herb has gone by numerous names in the past; originally, it was considered a type of rice (mi), and called Yi Mi, where yi simply designated this particular plant source; the herb picked up the second yi, written differently and pronounced with a different tone, based on other names that had been given in the past; ren means seed | |
| Other common names | Job's Tears, Chinese Pearl Barley | |
| Part used | Seed | |
| Taste | Sweet, Bland | |
| Nature | Slightly Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Promote urination and leach out damp; strengthen spleen, clear heat and eliminate pus, alleviate rheumatic pain | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Insufficient urination with edema; diarrhoea due to deficiency of the spleen; pain of the joints due to wind-damp; spasms of the tendons and muscles; lin syndromes (urinary retention, burning urination) due to damp heat; lung or intestinal infection with pus | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Specifically said to be used with caution during pregnancy | |
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