Coix Seed (Coix lacryma-jobi) — Guizhou Yi Mi Ren, Roasted Ready-to-Eat Job’s Tears

Coix Seed (Coix lacryma-jobi), known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Yì Mǐ Rén (薏苡仁) and commonly called Job's Tears or Yi Mi, is the dried, roasted grain of a highly revered food herb. For centuries, Yi Mi Ren has been prized as a dampness-transforming, spleen-strengthening, and fluid-regulating grain, traditionally used to support light digestion, ease heaviness in the limbs, and promote clear, balanced fluid metabolism. Its nature is sweet, bland, and slightly cool, making it a gentle yet profoundly effective food herb for soothing the Spleen, draining dampness, and harmonizing the body's water pathways.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional dampness-transforming food herb
• Roasted, ready-to-eat Job's Tears grain
• Sourced from Guizhou, new-crop harvest
• Food-grade processing, 500g pack
• Suitable for tea, congee, and soup

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully roasted and packed to preserve its pale ivory to light golden color, firm granular texture, and mild toasted grain aroma. When brewed or simmered, the grains soften and release a gentle, subtly sweet and nutty flavor with a smooth, comforting mouthfeel, adding body to teas and broths without overpowering other ingredients.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea and grain beverages
• Congee and grain porridge
• Chinese-style soup and broth
• Daily grain staple or breakfast
• Soup-pack ingredient

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Yi Mi Ren is decocted into soups, congee, and gentle tonics to support daily nourishment and fluid balance, especially during humid seasons. It is a common ingredient in dampness-clearing soup packs, where it pairs with ingredients like red bean, poria, and lotus seed. As a tea, it is brewed alone or blended with other grains for a light, mildly sweet infusion, and roasted Yi Mi is often enjoyed as a convenient ready-to-eat grain.

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