Ingredient

Job's tears / chinese pearl barley

Job's tears / chinese pearl barley is a wholesome ingredient featured in 10 Nourilo recipes — most often in soups, tonic drinks & waters and congee & porridge. It is traditionally enjoyed as part of a balanced diet.

Often used in recipes for

Cooling & Summer Heat · 5 Digestive Wellness · 4 Everyday Balance · 3 Skin & Natural Beauty · 3

Recipes with Job's tears / chinese pearl barley

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Green Papaya, Job's Tears & Coconut Water

Traditionally used to support healthy uric-acid levels

⏱ 50 min about 2 bowls

Soups

Old Cucumber, Mung Bean, Job's Tears & Dried Scallop Soup

Traditionally used to clear lingering heat and support recovery after a cold

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 4–5 bowls

Soups

Fresh Millettia, Tu Fu Ling, Five-Finger Fig & Chestnut Soup

Traditionally strengthens the spleen, drains dampness and eases aching joints and limbs

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 4–5 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Apple, Hawthorn and Job's Tears Water

Traditionally used to help manage weight and support the liver

⏱ 30 min 3 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Fresh Chinese Yam, Corn Silk and Job's Tears Water

Traditionally used to strengthen the spleen, drain dampness and ease water retention

⏱ 55 min 3–4 bowls

Tonic Drinks & Waters

Apple, Poria and Job's Tears Water

Traditionally used to support gut health and ease calf cramps

⏱ 25 min 3 bowls

Soups

Kudzu, Mung Bean and Job's Tears Soup

Traditionally used to clear summer heat and support clearer, acne-prone skin

⏱ 3 hr 20 min 4–5 bowls

Soups

Kudzu Root & Job's Tears Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat, promote urination, and support healthy blood pressure

⏱ 2 hr 15 min 3–4 bowls

Soups

Eight-Treasure Winter Melon and Dried Scallop Soup

Traditionally used to cool summer heat and support the spleen and digestion

⏱ 2 hr 20 min 4 bowls

Congee & Porridge

Red Bean and Astragalus Congee

Traditionally used to support strength and appetite during convalescence

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 2–3 bowls

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