Qiu Zi is a commonly used Chinese medicine, taking seeds as medicinal materials, which has the functions of clearing liver, improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Indications: hypertension, headache, dizziness, acute conjunctivitis, corneal ulcer, glaucoma and carbuncle. Long-term drinking by middle-aged and elderly people can make blood pressure normal and defecate unobstructed.
Cassia seed is a mature seed of Cassia seed, also known as cassia seed. According to Shennong's Materia Medica, Cassia seed is bitter and slightly cold, and belongs to liver, gallbladder and kidney meridians. It has the effects of clearing away liver-fire, improving eyesight, relaxing bowels, reducing blood fat and losing weight, and can be used for treating headache, dizziness, blurred vision, constipation, etc. In recent years, it has been used to treat bedridden hypertension. Cassia seed contains anthracene glycoside, which is decomposed to produce emodin, emodin methyl ether, rhein, chrysophanol and glucose. Experiments show that cassia seed has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid and resisting bacteria, and has certain curative effect on hyperlipidemia. In addition to medicinal ingredients, cassia seed also contains many vitamins, rich amino acids, carbohydrates and so on. In recent years, people pay more and more attention to its health care function. Insist on drinking, which has a good effect on constipation.
It should be noted that people with diarrhea and hypotension should use cassia seed preparation with caution. Cassia seed tea is regarded as "eight treasures tea for improving eyesight" by office white-collar workers because of its medicinal value of improving eyesight and clearing liver. However, pregnant women must pay attention to the side effects of its "main diarrhea". The latest research found that long-term drinking can lead to irregular menstruation and abnormal endometrium, thus inducing premature delivery. Cassia seed has a slightly strong intestine-sliding effect, which can be delayed after proper frying, and it is crispy and fragile, and it is easy to fry effective components.
Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem describing his eye diseases: "The case is full of dragons and trees, and the box is empty." This paper describes his family life of reading the ophthalmology monograph "Dragon Tree Theory" and taking the eyesight-improving drug Jueming Pill.
Cassia seed is native to tropical America and belongs to the genus Panicum in Leguminosae. Even pinnate compound leaves, flowering in summer, yellow buds. Pods have long horns and are slightly quadrangular. Most parts of this country are wild or cultivated. Cassia seed is bitter and slightly cold. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica states that it has the function of "treating green blindness, red eyes and painful tears", and it is a good medicine commonly used in TCM clinic to clear liver, improve eyesight, promote diuresis and relieve constipation. According to modern pharmacology, it contains chrysophanol, emodin, cassia seed and other ingredients, and has the functions of lowering blood pressure, resisting bacteria, relaxing bowels and lowering cholesterol.
Be used as medicine
Cassia seed is an important medicine in ophthalmology of traditional Chinese medicine, which is suitable for the symptoms of red eyes, astringency, pain, shame and tears caused by liver heat or wind-heat in liver meridian. Can be decocted and taken singly, and can also be combined with Prunellae Spica, Mulberry Leaves and Chrysanthemum. Famous ophthalmic prescriptions such as cinnamon pill and cinnamon powder can be found in prescriptions of past dynasties. Cassia seed also has the function of stopping diarrhea, which is very suitable for the elderly because of heat constipation, yin deficiency and intestinal dryness, and has the reputation of diarrhea without hurting righteousness. For headache and dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, cassia seed, chrysanthemum, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc. It also has the effect of calming the liver and lowering blood pressure.
Daicha
A birthday girl who keeps in good health wrote a poem, saying, "Fools can't keep their eyes open, and they fly at night. It's not bad eyesight, just because of years of service. " Soaking cassia seed instead of tea after frying is a convenient prescription for health care of the elderly. Put it in a cup of 10g~20g ~ 20g and soak it in boiling water. Yellow fragrance, bitter taste and unique flavor. People with high blood pressure and habitual constipation might as well give it a try. A glass of cassia seed tea may bring you health and happiness. However, due to its slight cold taste, people with weak spleen and stomach should not take it for a long time.
Pillow making
Huang Tingjian, a writer in the Song Dynasty, said in a poem: "The pillow is used to bend the humerus, and I would like to sleep and listen to Fenfen." Old eyes are willing to be idle, and reading is really a hobby. The poet praised Cassia seed pillow for its functions of clearing away heat, calming nerves, improving eyesight and helping sleep. The Tang Dynasty's "Daming Materia Medica" said: "As a pillow, it is better than black beans to cure the head wind and improve eyesight. "The medicated pillow made of cassia seed mixed with chrysanthemum is one of the external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine, which is moderate in hardness and good for the head. A bag of medicine pillow can accompany people to sleep and sleep happily.
eat
In Broad Spectrum of Qing Dynasty, it said: "In order to make you have tea, you can use seedling leaves as distiller's yeast." Ru is the floorboard of vegetables. The tender shoots, leaves and tender fruits of cassia are edible. Its leaves are very fragrant after being baked with fire. Ordering tea is to make "boiled water", which is a popular health drink in Song Dynasty.