| Coix lachryma-jobi chuān gǔ (川谷) or yì yǐ (薏苡). The grains are called yì rén (薏仁), Job's tears juzudama (数珠玉 or ジュズダマ) or hatomugi (鳩麦 or ハトムギ), yulmu (율무) |
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Background
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), Coixseed, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant
of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to East Asia. Throughout East Asia, Job's Tears
are available in dried form and cooked as a grain. The grains are generally spherical, with a
groove on one end, and polished white in color, though in Japan unpolished yuuki hatomugi.
Coix lacryma-jobi has been used as ingredient for yulmu cha, yì mí shǔi (薏米水), okroju (옥로
주; hanja: 玉露酒) and qīng bǔ liáng (清補涼). [Adapted from Wikipedia]
Scientific Studies - Potential Health Benefits
Coix lachrymajobi L varma-yuan may benefit mammals suffered from lymphoma. Coix
lachrymajobi L varma-yuan inhibited the proli-feration of Jurkat cells, and induced chromatin
condensation and fragmentation (characteristic of apoptosis) and loss of mitochondrial
membrane potential. [Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Aug;17(4):879-82.]
Ethanolic Extracts of Adlay Testa (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) show
antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities in a vitro study [J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Mar
25;57(6):2259-66.]
Methanol extracts of adlay hull (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf.) decreased
testosterone release in a study of rat Leydig cells. [Phytother Res. 2009 May;23(5):687-95.]
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), Coixseed, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant
of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to East Asia. Throughout East Asia, Job's Tears
are available in dried form and cooked as a grain. The grains are generally spherical, with a
groove on one end, and polished white in color, though in Japan unpolished yuuki hatomugi.
Coix lacryma-jobi has been used as ingredient for yulmu cha, yì mí shǔi (薏米水), okroju (옥로
주; hanja: 玉露酒) and qīng bǔ liáng (清補涼). [Adapted from Wikipedia]
Scientific Studies - Potential Health Benefits
Coix lachrymajobi L varma-yuan may benefit mammals suffered from lymphoma. Coix
lachrymajobi L varma-yuan inhibited the proli-feration of Jurkat cells, and induced chromatin
condensation and fragmentation (characteristic of apoptosis) and loss of mitochondrial
membrane potential. [Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Aug;17(4):879-82.]
Ethanolic Extracts of Adlay Testa (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) show
antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities in a vitro study [J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Mar
25;57(6):2259-66.]
Methanol extracts of adlay hull (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf.) decreased
testosterone release in a study of rat Leydig cells. [Phytother Res. 2009 May;23(5):687-95.]