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Alternate English names: Job’s tears leaf

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Coix lachryma-jobi L.; Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf* [= C. ma-yuen Roman.; and C. lachryma-jobi L. var. frumentacea Mak.]

Use: Medicinal

Actions and indications: Warms the stomach and boosts qì and blood.*

See: Yì yǐ rén (薏苡仁 Coicis Semen, coix [seed])

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