Job's Tears (Yi Yi Ren)

SKU	MR1290
Brand	Mountain Rose
Unit Size	1lb
Dosage	9-30 grams in decoction
Potency	1:1
Taste	Sweet, bland - Bensky
Properties	slightly cold - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology	Edema, diarrhea, leg qi, painful urinary dribbling; Joint pain; Carbuncles, lung or intestinal abscess; Digestive problems - Bensky
Actions	Tonifes the Spleen and augments the Lungs; Leaches out dampness from the bones, sinews, and muscles to treat painful obstruction diosorder; cools heat and expels pus to treat sores and abscesses
Pattern	Dampness, Damp-warmth; Damp painful obstruction; Damp-heat - Bensky
Channels Entered	Lungs, Spleen, Stomach, Kidney - Bensky
Recommendations	Product will ship FedEx Ground, even if Expedited is selected. Call for expedited shipping rates.
Chinese name	yi yi ren
English name	Job's tears, coix

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Description	Job’s Tears is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to Southeast Asia. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. In its native environment it is grown in higher areas where rice and corn do not grow well. Job’s Tears is harvested as a cereal crop, has a soft shell, and is used medicinally in parts of Asia. Constituents Arabinose, xylose, glucose, uronic acid Summary Job’s Tears is used alongside other herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine to invigorate the spleen function and promote urination. In both the Eastern Band of indigenous Cherokee and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, the beads of Job’s Tears are called “corn beads” or “Cherokee corn beads” and have been used for personal adornment since at least the time of the united Cherokee Republic.