Efficacy and contraindications of Fuling paste

Job's tears is a common Chinese herbal medicine in daily life and is also a very good food. Job's tears have the effects of promoting digestion and anti-tumor, and are loved by everyone. So will there be any side effects if you take coix seed for a long time? The following editor will explain it to you, hoping it will be helpful to you!

In daily life, many people like to eat coix seed. Job's tears are delicious, nutritious and have strong medicinal properties. Is it good to eat coix seed every day? So will there be side effects if you take coix seed for a long time? The following editor will give you a comprehensive explanation, hoping it will be helpful to you!

Are there any side effects from long-term use of coix seed?

As living standards improve, people's requirements for physical and mental health are gradually increasing. For example, whether the food we eat has any side effects, whether long-term use will cause any diseases, etc. Coix seed is a traditional Chinese medicine with obvious practical effects. So does the powerful coix seed have any side effects?

The efficacy and function of Poria cocos

Good for urination

Coix seed is beneficial for unclear urination mechanism, and spiny seed is more effective than a single medicine.

Calming effect

Injection of coix seed decoction into the abdomen of mice can inhibit spontaneous activities, resist excessive excitement caused by caffeine in mice, and have a synergistic effect on barbiturate anesthesia.

Endocrine system

Alcohol extract increases the heart's contraction force and heart rate.

Digestive tract

Coix seed has a significant protective effect on the liver damage of mice caused by carbon tetrachloride.

Anti-tumor effect

The sugar content in coix seed has an inhibitory effect on mouse sarcoma. Its effect is related to the thymus and can activate some complement.

(1) It has anti-cancer properties in the human body and can promote the body's immune function; the coix seed polysaccharide it contains has an inhibitory efficiency of 96.88% on the tumor S-180.

(2) The extract has a diuretic effect on normal rabbits when injected into the abdomen; medical ether or alcohol extract can increase the contraction of isolated frog hearts, and first increase and then decrease the blood sugar level of rabbits.

(3) Poria decoction has a calming effect on mice, and the calming effect of coix seed is second only to Poria.

To sum up, this product has a mild taste and no significant side effects. This product is sweet, mild and has a diuretic effect. Therefore, it should be used with caution in patients with severe cases of kidney yin deficiency and body fluid loss.

Taboos of Coix Seed

Patients with kidney yin deficiency without cold and dampness, internal heat due to yin deficiency and spermatorrhea, or qi deficiency and depression should take it with caution.

1. "Annotations to the Classic of Materia Medica": "Iris is used as a messenger. It hates white atractylodes. It is afraid of ophiopogon, sanguisorba officinalis, realgar, qinjiao, and tortoise shell."

2. "Medicinal Properties": "Avoid white vinegar."

3. "Medical Origin": "If it is a little bit relieving, or if it is taken frequently, it will damage the eyesight; if it is taken frequently, it will damage the original energy and shorten life."

4. "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "Patients with kidney deficiency, spontaneous or uncontrollable urination, or yin deficiency, internal heat, and loose semen should not take this medicine."

5. Depei Materia Medica: "It is forbidden to use in cases of Qi deficiency, water depletion, dry mouth and tongue."

It is not suitable for people with kidney deficiency, frequent urination, inability to urinate, or spermatorrhea due to yin deficiency, internal heat, etc.

It cannot be used together with ophiopogon, dandelion, realgar, qinjiao, and turtle shell.

How to eat coix seed

Poria cake

Raw materials: Job's tears, glutinous rice cake, sugar

Method: Grind the coix seeds into powder, then add glutinous rice cake and sugar, add appropriate amount of water and mix. Finally, put the sticky substance into the frying pan and make pancakes. It is recommended to take it regularly, which has a very good effect on the human body.

Function: The main function of Fuling cake is to strengthen the spleen and stomach and soften the liver. At the same time, the effect of nourishing yin and blood is also very good. The editor recommends that some people with weak bodies, insomnia, palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and neurasthenia take it, which can promote health very well.

Fuling Cake is a traditional food in Beijing. The main ingredients are coix seeds and wheat flour. Then sugar, honey and preserved fruits are added according to one's preference, and the taste is unique. There have been records of Fuling Cake eight hundred years ago, but the ancients initially used the method of frying it with wax, and the taste was not very good. As time went by, the Poria Cake became thinner and thinner, and its taste became better and better. In the Qing Dynasty, because Empress Dowager Cixi liked to eat it, her wealth increased.

Job's tears and Poria cocos porridge

Ingredients: Job's tears, Poria powder, rice, dried shiitake mushrooms, chicken breast

Method: First, we need to soak the dried mushrooms in cold water, then cut them into pieces and set aside; peel and remove the fat from the chicken breast, put it into the pot and cook it, remove and cut it into pieces after 40 minutes and set aside; wash the coix seeds in water, soak them in boiling water for one night, then drain the water, put them into the pot, add cold water to boil them, add rice and other ingredients, and finally cook until it becomes thick and it can be eaten.

White Poria Cocos Porridge

Raw materials: white poria powder, glutinous rice, salt, pepper, chicken essence

Method: Wash the long-grained rice and put it into the pot together with the white Poria powder to cook porridge. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer until the long-grained rice is rotten. Finally, add other seasonings and stir well.

Function: It is recommended to take it twice a day, in the morning and evening. This recipe has the effect of health care for the stomach and intestines and treating edema. Edema in the elderly can also be treated according to this recipe.

Poria cocos cake

Raw materials: Job's tears, wheat flour, yeast powder

Method: Dry the coix seeds, then grind them into powder, mix them with flour, finally add yeast powder, mix with water to ferment, and make them into a cake of about 5 cm. Just put the prepared Poria cocos cake into the pot and steam it.

Function: It is recommended to eat it with breakfast every day. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and eliminating dampness. It is suitable for patients with hypertension and patients with qi deficiency.

Chinese yam, coix seed, coix seed and rice porridge

Raw materials: Poria powder, Chinese yam, coix seed, rice, edible salt

Method: Put glutinous rice, coix seed and yam into water and put them into the pot to boil. When they are half cooked, add poria powder, then boil and eat on an empty stomach. It has a very good health care effect on the human body.

Poria powder

Poria powder is actually grinding coix seeds into powder. There are many ways to eat it. It can be taken directly with cold boiled water, cooked into porridge, made into pastries, or even made into coix seed milk tea.

It is recommended to take Poria powder on an empty stomach every morning. Long-term persistence can not only prevent aging, but also enhance physical fitness.