Job's tears is the kernel of the Coix seed, also known as five-grain rice, Job's tears rice, barley rice, six-grain millet, Huihui rice, etc. In the Guanxi region, it is also called millet. In ancient times, people regarded Job's tears as a natural treasure, used for sacrificial offerings. Job's tears are mostly planted in mountainous areas, and the Wuyi Mountain region in China has always been a major producer of Job's tears. Job's tears is a nutritious and excellent summer food for relieving summer heat, known as the "friend of life and health". If you have not been very familiar with it, you might as well give it a try.
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What are the nutritional components and health benefits of Job's tears?
Job's tears contains various vitamins and minerals, rich in vitamin B1 and containing a certain amount of vitamin E. In addition, Job's tears is rich in various amino acids such as leucine, arginine, lysine, and tyrosine, and also contains a certain amount of fat oil, sugar, etc.
(1) Modern pharmacological research has proven that Job's tears has anti-cancer effects. The selenium it contains can effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and can be used as an adjunctive treatment for stomach cancer and cervical cancer. Healthy people who often eat Job's tears can make their bodies light and agile, reducing the risk of tumors.
(2) Job's tears has the effect of clearing heat and removing dampness. When the weather is hot and dry or when you feel stuffy in the chest, cooking and eating some white gourd and Job's tears congee can clear the heat and make the body comfortable.
(3) Job's tears contains vitamin B1 and vitamin E, making it a beauty food. Regular consumption is very beneficial for preventing and treating beriberi, and can also maintain the skin's radiance and delicateness, eliminate acne and freckles, improve skin tone, and has a certain therapeutic effect on warts caused by viral infections.
(4) Job's tears has the effect of promoting metabolism and reducing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, and can be used as a nourishing food for weak patients during or after illness. Regular consumption of Job's tears foods also has a good effect on chronic enteritis, indigestion, and other conditions.
Who Should Avoid Eating Job's Tears
1. Pregnant women. Job's tears is both a food and a medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine considers its nature to be slippery. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Job's tears has an excitatory effect on uterine smooth muscle, which can promote uterine contractions, thus there is a possibility of inducing miscarriage.
2. People with dryness and constipation. Job's tears has effects such as promoting urination to reduce edema, strengthening the spleen to remove dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, and clearing heat to expel pus. It is a commonly used diuretic and dampness-removing medicine. The heat-clearing effect of Job's tears may improve constipation, but Job's tears has a very strong diuretic effect, which can worsen constipation. Moreover, the sugar content in Job's tears is quite viscous, so eating too much may hinder digestion. Patients with constipation should not eat Job's tears!
3. People with spleen deficiency without dampness.
4. People with spermatorrhea.
5. People with frequent urination.
Dietary Precautions
1. Because Job's tears can make the body cold and deficient, people with a deficient and cold constitution should not take it for a long time. Therefore, pregnant women and women during their menstrual period should avoid eating it.
2. The sugar content in Job's tears is quite viscous, so eating too much may hinder digestion!
3. Although Job's tears has the function of lowering blood lipids and blood sugar, it is after all just a health food and cannot be used as medicine. Therefore, patients with high blood lipids should still seek medical treatment and must not use Job's tears to treat themselves!
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