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161. Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren)
The taste is somewhat like rice-washing water but also has some unique flavor of coix seed.
Effects: Strengthens the spleen and dispels dampness, clears inflammation in the lungs, stomach, and intestines.
If you only drink the water boiled from coix seed, it’s a waste. Boil 120 grams of coix seed (or use a large capacity thermal cup), after boiling, eat the coix seed while drinking the coix seed water to maximize its effectiveness—treating intestinal polyps with just coix seed alone, no combination needed, and the effect is definite.
This is the experience of an academician. I heard it from the academician’s wife, and the academician himself got it from folk remedies.
It’s actually understandable: coix seed becomes sticky and clumps together in the intestines, which first provides a massaging effect inside the viscera with great efficacy; secondly, it can wrap and carry away some foul exudates, helping maintain intestinal cleanliness and supporting the recently popular concept of “microbiota balance.”
As for making “Conlite Injection” from coix seed extract to fight cancer, that seems a bit extreme. It’s said that coix seed contains anti-cancer ingredients, but something about it feels off.
162. Polyporus (Zhu Ling)
Slightly sour, slightly sweet, with a returning sweet aftertaste.
After soaking in water, the texture when bitten is somewhat like Boletus but not chewable.
Effects: Strongly supports qi transformation, strong diuretic effect, about 5 times that of an equal amount of Poria cocos. After taking it, you can directly feel a tingling sensation in the lower abdomen.
163. Alisma (Ze Xie)
Mainly bitter on the palate, slightly sweet, slightly pungent, with some stimulating mouthfeel; not very pleasant to drink; the taste is somewhat similar to the plant known as Dianchi dragon.
Within seconds after drinking, the perception of pulse intensifies noticeably; the pulse at the fingertips is clearly perceptible, while the muscles in the arm feel somewhat hollow.
Here’s a summary of Alisma’s mechanism in promoting urination: it first draws water from the interstitial and muscular tissues into the blood vessels (tissue fluid → blood), then is excreted through the kidneys (blood → urine), carrying away some metabolic wastes in the process.
Therefore, if Alisma is heavily used to lower blood pressure, the blood pressure will definitely go through a process of first rising and then falling; you can observe this phenomenon (of course, proper blood pressure reduction should not rely on diuretics alone).