糯米同炒用。
甘，微寒。入足太阴、足阳明经。利水泻湿，退热除淋。舒筋急拘挛，止咳唾脓血。治
香港脚
而除风，止消渴而杀虫。
水肿喘急，用郁李仁二两，水研取汁，煮薏苡饭食。（验方第一。）
咳唾脓血，用半斤，杵破，水煮，入酒少许服。（第二。）
薏苡附子散 苡仁（半斤） 附子（二两）
煎服。治胸中痹塞或隐痛。（诸方第一。）
薏附败酱散 上方加败酱。
为散煎服。治肠痈身甲错，腹皮急。按之濡如肿状，腹无积，身无热，脉数者。（第二。）
薏仁粥
治久风湿痹，水肿胸痹，筋挛等症。盖薏仁杵粉，同大米作粥食之是也。（第三。）
去蒂筋膜，醋炒或蜜炙用。
酸，涩，微寒，无毒。敛肺涩肠。止泻痢而固脱肛，疗遗精而止久嗽。
泻痢赤白，蜜炙蜜丸服。（验方第一。）
热痢便血，醋炙，同陈皮末，乌梅汤下。（第二。）
久痢不已，蜜丸弹大，每姜水下一丸，病危者不用。（第三。）
水泻不止，同乌梅、大枣煎服。（第四。）
久嗽不止，谷气素壮者即效。蜜炙末，蜜水下。（第五。）
久嗽虚嗽，多年不愈，同乌梅为末，白汤下。（第六。）
壮人猝痢，同乌梅、灯心草引煎服。（第七。）
嗽而遗尿，同五味子服。（第八。）
Stir-fry together with glutinous rice before use.
Sweet, slightly cold. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Promotes urination and drains dampness, clears heat and relieves strangury. Relaxes tendon tension and spasms, stops coughing and expectoration of pus and blood. Treats Hong Kong foot (podagra/foot swelling) to dispel wind, stops xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome) and kills parasites.
For edema with panting and urgency, use 2 liang of Prunus japonica seed juice extracted by grinding in water, cook Coix rice porridge and eat it. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For coughing up pus and blood, use 8 liang of Coix seed, crush it, decoct in water, add a little wine and take. (No. 2.)
Yiyi Fuzi San (Coix Seed and Aconite Powder): Yiren (Coix Seed, 8 liang), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 2 liang).
Decoct and take. Treats chest bi obstruction or dull pain. (Formulas No. 1.)
Yifu Baijiang San (Coix, Aconite, and Patrinia Powder): Add Patrinia herb to the above formula.
Grind into powder, decoct and take. Treats intestinal abscess with rough skin like scales on the body, tight abdominal wall. Pressing feels soft as if swollen, no accumulation in the abdomen, no fever in the body, rapid pulse. (No. 2.)
Yiren Zhou (Coix Seed Porridge):
Treats chronic wind-damp bi obstruction, edema, chest bi, tendon spasms, etc. This is achieved by grinding Coix seed into powder and cooking it with rice as porridge. (No. 3.)
Remove the calyx and fibrous membrane, stir-fry with vinegar or honey-roast before use.
Sour, astringent, slightly cold, non-toxic. Astringes Lung Qi and secures the Intestines. Stops diarrhea and dysentery, prevents rectal prolapse, treats spermatorrhea and stops chronic cough.
For bloody and white dysentery, honey-roast and form into honey pills. Take. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For hot dysentery with bloody stool, vinegar-roast, mix with powdered Tangerine Peel, take with Mume Soup. (No. 2.)
For chronic dysentery that does not heal, form into honey pills the size of beans. Take one pill per dose with ginger water; do not use for critical conditions. (No. 3.)
For unceasing watery diarrhea, decoct together with Mume Fruit and Jujube. Take. (No. 4.)
For chronic cough that does not stop, effective immediately for those with robust constitution. Honey-roast, grind into powder, take with honey water. (No. 5.)
For chronic cough and deficiency cough, lasting years without healing, mix with Mume Fruit, grind into powder, take with plain boiled water. (No. 6.)
For sudden dysentery in robust individuals, decoct with Mume Fruit and Centum Segments of Juncus effusus as a guide. Take. (No. 7.)
For cough accompanied by enuresis, take together with Schisandra Berry. (No. 8.)