* Medications for diabetes (Antidiabetes drugs) interacts with Job's tears.
==The benefits of Job's Tears are==
Job’s tears seeds have been reported to have anti-cancer, hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic properties. The demand for Job’s tears is increasing rapidly with its medical use, but knowledge on genetic diversity and quality evaluation of Job’s tears is still limited.
* High cholesterol. Developing research suggests that consuming Job's tears in place of rice for 4 weeks can significantly lower total and “bad” low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in people with high cholesterol. This effect may be due to the fiber in Job’s tears.
*Allergies.
* Alergies : Suppression of Allergic Reactions by Dehulled Adlay in Association with the Balance of Th1/Th2 Cell Responses
* Ulcers : Gastroprotective Activities of Adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) on the Growth of the Stomach Cancer AGS Cell Line and Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Ulcers.
* Cancer : An anticancer drug made of Job’s tears seed oil, Kanglaite, has been applied clinically in China and proven effective in treating multiple cancers. Kanglaite is the first drug derived from a traditional Chinese herbal remedy that was approved by the USA Food and Drug Administration to undergo clinical trials in the United States.
* Colon Cancer : a study has suggested the anti-colon cancer potential of the non-cooked hull Job’s tears extract from Thai Black Loei cultivar prepared by the cold methanol extraction.