Latin name： Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Family： Poaceae

Part Used： Mature kernel

Properties： Taste sweet, tasteless, cool in nature

Actions：Diuretic and dampness, invigorating the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, draining pus, detoxifying and resolving stagnation

Usage：Diarrhea, damp arthralgia, contracture of tendons and vessels, inconvenient flexion and extension of the joints, edema, beriberi, consumptive lung disease, pulmonary abscess, acute appendicitis