What can't coix seeds be cooked with? What are the benefits of eating coix seeds?

When people usually cook porridge, barley is the most commonly chosen ingredient. However, when cooking barley porridge, some foods are not suitable to be cooked with it. So, what can't barley be cooked with?

What can't be cooked with barley?

Job's tears, also known as coix seed, coix seed, rice kernel, pearl rice, five-grain rice, Huihui rice, Bodhi beads, medicinal corn, water corn, ditch rice, Tiangu, coix seed, grass bead essence, Qishi, etc. Job's tears is known as the "king of the world's grasses".

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coix seed is cold in nature and enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, clearing away heat and penetrating temperature, and is also good for balancing blood pressure and blood lipids. The Compendium of Materia Medica mentions that coix seed "strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the lungs and clears heat, dispels wind and overcomes dampness, nourishes the face and prolongs life". It can be used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, hypertension, urinary stones, urinary tract infections, ascariasis, etc. It also has the effects of preventing cancer, diuresis, antipyretic, and strengthening the body.

Generally, coix seed is not suitable to be eaten with mung beans or rice, because coix seed can remove dampness. It is best to cook it with red beans in sugar water.

Benefits of eating barley:

1. Beauty and skin care

Barley contains a lot of nutrients that can protect our skin, promote skin metabolism, and make our skin more shiny and elastic. Barley is also known as the antioxidant vitamin E, which can clear free radicals in the body, delay aging, and beautify the skin.

2. Black hair

Job's tears can provide the nutrients our hair needs, prevent hair loss and gray hair, and make our hair smoother and softer.

3. Detoxification and constipation prevention

Barley is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal motility, help digestion, prevent constipation, and clear toxins produced by our body. Prevent intestinal diseases.