Ingredient

Coix seeds / job's tears

Coix seeds / job's tears is a wholesome ingredient featured in 15 Nourilo recipes — most often in soups, tonic drinks & waters and herbal & flower teas. It is traditionally enjoyed as part of a balanced diet.

Often used in recipes for

Cooling & Summer Heat · 9 Everyday Balance · 9 Skin & Natural Beauty · 6 Children's Wellness · 4

Recipes with Coix seeds / job's tears

Soups

Qingbuliang Pork Rib Soup

Traditionally used to moisten internal dryness, calm internal heat, and nourish the organs in dry seasons

⏱ 140 min 4 bowls

Soups

Mung Bean, Coix Seed and Adzuki Bean Soup

traditionally associated with clearing heat and supporting immunity in children

⏱ 70 min 3–4 bowls

Herbal & Flower Teas

Ginger-Jujube-Coix Seed Tea

traditionally associated with warming digestion, easing fatigue and relieving dampness

⏱ 20 min 10 tea bags (1 per serving)

Soups

Mung Bean, Coix Seed & Lily Sweet Soup

Traditionally associated with clearing heat, supporting skin clarity, and calming restlessness

⏱ 70 min 4–5 bowls

Soups

Spleen-Strengthening Dampness-Draining Soup (Jian Pi Qu Shi Tang)

Traditionally used to strengthen spleen function, promote fluid metabolism, and relieve fatigue, bloating, and heaviness associated with internal dampness

⏱ 130 min 4 bowls

Soups

Winter Melon, Lotus Leaf and Duck Soup with Three Beans

Traditionally used to clear summer heat, reduce dampness, relieve fatigue, and prevent heat-related illness

⏱ 2 hr 3 min 5–6 bowls

Soups

Kudzu Root, Adzuki Bean, Coix Seed and Dace Fish Soup

traditionally used to clear heat and dampness, supporting acne-prone and congested skin

⏱ 2 hr 20 min 3–4 bowls

Congee & Porridge

Mung Bean, Coix Seed and Fresh Lily Bulb Congee

traditionally used during recovery from heat illnesses to nourish yin, clear residual heat, and support the skin

⏱ 1 hr 15 min 3–4 bowls

Soups

Imperata Root, Coix Seed, Corn Silk & Pork Bladder Soup

traditionally associated with promoting urination, reducing inflammation, and supporting urinary tract health

⏱ 90 min 3 bowls

Soups

Kudzu Root, Coix Seed & Large Fish Head Soup

traditionally associated with clearing heat, promoting circulation, and supporting metabolic health in the context of hypertension, high blood lipids, and high blood sugar

⏱ 110 min 4 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Kudzu Root, Hyacinth Bean, Mung Bean & Coix Seed Drink

Traditionally associated with relieving tension, supporting blood pressure, and clearing end-of-summer heat from the body

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4 bowls / 1 pot

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Kudzu Root, Mung Bean, Coix Seed and Hyacinth Bean Drink

traditionally used to clear internal heat, support skin clarity, and ease acne and blemishes

⏱ 135 min 3–4 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Cogon Grass, Sugar Cane, Carrot and Coix Seed Water

traditionally supports clearing heat, relieving dampness and detoxifying

⏱ 70 min 4 bowls

Soups

Mung Bean, Coix Seed, Old Cucumber and Carrot Lean Pork Soup

traditionally associated with clearing summer heat, supporting urination and relieving skin breakouts

⏱ 140 min 4 bowls

Soups

Fresh Chinese Yam and Mung Bean Damp-Clearing Soup

traditionally associated with clearing heat, strengthening the spleen and relieving body dampness

⏱ 110 min 3–4 bowls

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