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Medicinal

It is used Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of lung abscess, lobar pneumonia, appendicitis, rheumatoid arthritis, beriberi, diarrhoea, oedema and difficult urination.
http://www.pfaf.org, Yeung. Him-Che. Handbook of Chinese Herbs and Formulas. Institute of Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles 1985

Other use

The seeds are used as decorative beads.
http://www.pfaf.org, Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Family: POACEAE
Genus: Coix
Species: lacryma-jobi L.
Common names: Job's Tears
Distribution summary: Temperate & Tropical Asia
Habit: Annual
Hardiness: H2 - Tender; cool or frost-free greenhouse
Habitat: Wet woodland, wasteland, river banks
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Far East (L)
Flowering months: July, August, September, October
Reason for growing: Medicinal


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