11/21/2025
Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 (Coix seed), also commonly known as Job’s tears, strengthens the spleen*, clears heat* and resolves dampness*, expels wind-dampness* and relieves pain.
This herb is harvested at the end of autumn when seeds have ripened.
It’s grown throughout China, especially Hebei, Fujian and Liaoning.
Properties are sweet, bland and slightly cold.
It enters through the channels of the spleen*, lung* and kidney*.
*these terms are referring specifically to TCM principles which are not tantamount to modern biomedical definitions.