Ingredients · Dried and pantry
Job’s tears (coix seed)
薏米ji3 mai5
Raw is cooling and draining; dry-toasted is neutral.
Cooling微寒
Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Source: Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022).
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