Exploration of Grains (11) - Job's Tears

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Job's Tears: Analysis of taste, efficacy, auxiliary treatment, and dietary therapy• Taste:

Seed: Sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic.

Root: Bitter, sweet, cold.

• Efficacy:

Seed: Eliminates dampness, benefits the intestines and stomach, reduces edema, strengthens the spleen and stomach.

Root: Clears heat, eliminates dampness, strengthens the spleen, kills parasites.

• Auxiliary treatment: Flat warts in young people, urinary disorders, jaundice, roundworms, menstrual irregularities in women, spleen and stomach weakness, loose stools, lung abscess, etc.

• Dietary therapy:

Flat warts in young people, common warts: 30 grams of raw Job's Tears seeds, decocted in water, taken twice daily for a course of 10 days.

Urinary calculi, burning sensation during urination (including cystitis, urethritis, urinary tract stones, etc.): Adequate amount of Job's Tears stems, leaves, and roots (approximately 250 grams of fresh plant or half the amount if dried), decocted to remove impurities, taken 2-3 times daily.

Jaundice, difficult urination: 60-90 grams of Job's Tears roots (double the amount if using fresh roots), decocted to remove impurities, taken twice daily.

Roundworms, abdominal pain: 250 grams of Job's Tears roots, finely chopped, decocted to remove impurities, taken twice daily before meals.

Menstrual irregularities in women: 30 grams of Job's Tears roots (double the amount if using fresh roots), decocted and consumed, taken 3-5 times before the menstrual cycle.

Rheumatoid arthritis: 30-60 grams of Job's Tears roots, decoction taken twice daily or consumed as tea.

Spleen deficiency with weak diarrhea: 30-60 grams of Job's Tears roots, stewed together with a pig's stomach.

Childhood pneumonia, fever with wheezing and cough: 9-15 grams of Job's Tears roots, decocted and mixed with honey, taken three times daily.

Weak constitution, loose stools, insomnia: 50 grams each of Job's Tears, white kidney beans, and lotus seeds, soaked in warm water, mixed with 250 grams of glutinous rice, steamed and consumed in multiple servings.

Lung abscess, coughing up pus and blood, chest pain: 100 grams of Job's Tears, crushed, boiled with water to make a bowl of porridge, a small amount of yellow wine added when consumed.

Please note that the translation provided is for informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice.

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(Disclaimer: The content of this video is only for the exchange of health knowledge and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult a professional doctor before using diet therapy.)