We all know the efficacy, function and taboo of cassia seed, as well as the efficacy and function of foods that are often eaten in life. Different methods of use have different effects on the human body, and the eating methods are also varied. Let me take a look at the efficacy, function and taboo of cassia seed with you.
Efficacy, Function and Taboo of Cassia seed 1 Cassia seed contains not only sugar, protein and fat, but also steroids, chrysophanol and emodin, as well as trace elements necessary for human body such as iron, zinc, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum. Cassia seed has-hydroxyl group, which can synthesize complex with metal elements, which has great influence on the absorption of metal elements.
Efficacy of cassia seed
1, treating constipation
Cassia seed contains emodin, which has a positive effect on clearing away heat and moistening intestine in view of heat and dryness in intestine. It can treat the gastrointestinal and constipation problems of modern people and help patients defecate smoothly.
2. Clearing liver and improving eyesight
Cassia seed can not only clear liver and gallbladder, but also disperse wind and heat. Can be combined with Fructus Tribuli, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Fructus Lycii, and Radix Rehmanniae in Shayuan to treat green blindness and cataract.
3. Reduce blood lipids
Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, and has a good effect on reducing blood lipid in patients with hyperlipidemia.
Step 4 lower blood pressure
Cassia seed is tea brewed with boiling water. Long-term drinking can effectively lower blood pressure and has a good effect on cardiovascular diseases.
Step 5 prevent colds
Cassia seed is effective for colds and heatstroke. Take mulberry leaves, bamboo leaves, mint, chrysanthemum and cassia seed to boil tea or water to prevent sore throat and colds.
6, antibacterial effect
Cassia alcohol extracted from Semen Cassiae can effectively fight against Escherichia coli, diphtheria bacillus, staphylococcus, paratyphoid bacillus and so on.
Step 7 lose weight
Cassia seed can inhibit the synthesis of fat and decompose excess fat in the body. Taking10g cassia seed in water every day is a good way to lose weight.
Cassia seed soaking taboo
Don't use raw cassia seed-it's better to use cooked cassia seed soaked in water instead of raw cassia seed. The cold-dispelling medicine of raw cassia seed is too strong, and soaking in water will lead to gastrointestinal discomfort, abdominal pain and diarrhea. You can buy cooked Semen Cassiae directly, or you can fry raw Semen Cassiae before soaking in water. The cold guiding effect of cooked cassia seed is weakened, but its health care effect is not affected.
Not suitable for use alone-soaking cassia seed in water alone can easily cause dizziness and other adverse reactions. It is best to use it with other materials, such as medlar, green tea, chrysanthemum and rose. , the effect is better.
Don't drink it for a long time-cassia seed contains chrysophanol, emodin and other compounds. Drinking in water for a long time will cause intestinal diseases. At the same time, friends with gastrointestinal diseases and hypotension had better not drink it for a long time, because it has the effect of controlling colds and lowering blood pressure. In addition, if female friends drink it for a long time, it will cause diseases such as irregular menstruation.
Efficacy, function and taboo of cassia seed II. 1. Lose weight and fat.
Cassia seed has a very good weight loss effect and can also effectively reduce blood fat, but I don't know if the more the better.
1, 6 grams of lotus leaf, 6 grams of cassia seed, 6 grams of hawthorn and 6 grams of Eupatorium adenophorum were decocted with water instead of tea.
2, hawthorn 30 grams, cassia seed 15 grams, water 1000 ml, water decoction instead of tea.
Second, the treatment of hypertension
Cassia seed also has a very good effect on the treatment of hypertension, which can be well treated.
1, appropriate amount of cassia seed, stir-fried and mashed into coarse powder, soaked in boiling water, 3g each time, 3 times a day.
2. Cassia seed 15g, Prunella vulgaris 10g, decoction, daily 1 dose, total 1 month.
Third, treat infantile malnutrition.
Cassia seed 10g, grinding, chicken liver 1g, mashing, mixing with a little white wine to make cakes, and steaming cooked food.
Fourth, treat chronic hepatitis.
Patients with chronic hepatitis can also eat cassia seed properly, which also has a good curative effect.
Semen Cassiae and Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae each 65438±05g, Massa Medicata Fermentata 9g, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Poria each 65438±00g, Radix Bupleuri and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae 5g, and five red dates, decocted in water, 65438 0 doses per day, and 65438 05 days is 65438 0 courses of treatment.
5. Treat neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness and irritability.
Stir-fry Semen Cassiae 15g, decoct to get juice, add pig heart (sliced) 1g and lotus seed with seeds 100g, cook together to make soup, and add a little salt to taste.
Sixth, the treatment of habitual constipation
30 grams of cassia seed, brewed with boiling water, used for making tea.
Seven, the treatment of chronic bronchitis
30 grams of Arnebia euchroma and 25 grams of cassia seed are decocted in water, with 65438 0 doses per day.
Eight, the treatment of oral ulcers
Semen Cassiae and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae each 10g, brewed with boiling water, without tea. At the same time, 9 grams of gallnut and 9 grams of indigo naturalis were ground into fine powder and applied to the oral ulcer for 5 days.
Nine, the treatment of hyperlipidemia
Semen Cassiae and Herba Artemisiae Scopariae were decocted in water for 65438±05g each, and 30 days was 65,438 0 courses of treatment.
X. treatment of corneal ulcer
Radix Gentianae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Semen Cassiae each 65438±05g, Cortex Moutan 65438±02g, decocted in water and taken twice, depending on the degree of cure.
The taboo of cassia seed
Cassia seed is slightly cold, and people who are prone to diarrhea, diarrhea and stomachache should not drink this tea.
It should be noted that people with diarrhea and hypotension should use cassia seed preparation with caution.
The side effects of laxatives must attract the attention of pregnant women. The latest research found that long-term light drinking will lead to irregular menstruation and even abnormal endometrium, thus inducing premature delivery.
If it is said from books or others that cassia seed is used to treat myopia, then you are all wet.
Cassia seed does have the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, so it is suitable for people with heavy liver fire or heat image, and is definitely not suitable for people with inconspicuous heat image and loose stools.
There are many eyesight-improving drugs in traditional Chinese medicine, such as plantain, medlar, Dendrobium nobile, Sapindus mukoraiensis, mother-of-pearl, chrysanthemum, cicada slough, concha Haliotidis, tribulus terrestris and cortex fraxini.
Specific medication needs to be combined with TCM syndrome differentiation and cannot be used blindly. This is the biggest difference between Chinese medicine and western medicine.
The biggest side effect of Semen Cassiae (Semen Cassiae) may be defecation, and generally there will be no other problems, but it is not suitable for patients with qi deficiency and loose stool.
This medicine does have a good weight loss effect, and it is also very good to enhance weight loss with raw hawthorn.
Edible crowd of cassia seed and matters needing attention
Can be suitable for general people.
Drinking methods and precautions for people with more toxin accumulation and constipation and obesity in hot and humid areas: drinking after meals.
Cassia seed is slightly cold. If you have high blood pressure and constipation, it is good to drink some cassia seed tea.
But people who are afraid of cold, prone to diarrhea and stomachache should drink less.
A few people may cause allergic reactions.
2, the harm of cassia seed soaking in water, the efficacy of cassia seed.
The harm of cassia seed soaking in water
Cassia seed is very harmful to people with bad stomach, so it should be avoided as much as possible in daily life.
Chinese medicine believes that cassia seed is cold, so some people who are prone to diarrhea, stomachache or stomachache should eat less.
In addition, some patients with low blood pressure and diarrhea should use preparations containing cassia seed with caution.
In addition, for pregnant women, we should be very careful to eat cassia seed.
Because cassia seed has a laxative effect, pregnant women must not drink it, otherwise it will easily lead to premature delivery.
Usually, women need to pay special attention to taking cassia seed. If they take it for a long time, it will easily lead to irregular menstruation and even abnormal endometrium.
Many people only see the eyesight improvement effect of cassia seed after soaking in water on some networks and books, and think that drinking it often can treat myopia well.
This idea is completely wrong, although it does have good eyesight.
But it is mainly aimed at internal heat caused by excessive liver fire. If there is no obvious thermal image in the body, and there is a situation accompanied by loose stool, then it is definitely inedible.
Among many Chinese medicines, there are many Chinese medicines with eyesight improving effects, such as chrysanthemum, dodder, cicada slough, cortex fraxini, plantain seed, wolfberry fruit and so on. , all have very good eyesight improving effect, so we must make it clear dialectically when using drugs, and we can't blindly use drugs.
The old Chinese doctor told us that the biggest side effect of cassia seed should be its laxative effect.
Although this effect will not cause other problems under normal circumstances, it is very unfavorable for people with qi deficiency to take cassia seed.
The specific side effects that are easy to appear after taking cassia seed are as follows.
1, Cassia seed is cool, and it has a laxative effect after taking it, so if some patients with poor spleen and stomach or deficiency of spleen and stomach and low blood pressure take it, their condition will get worse and worse.
2. Modern medical research has found that cassia seed contains a lot of chrysophanol, emodin and other compounds, so if you take cassia seed for a long time, it will easily lead to intestinal diseases.
3. When soaking water with cassia seed, you must choose fried cassia seed for brewing, which is good for your health.
4. It should also be noted that pregnant women should not take water soaked in cassia seed, because the medicinal components of this traditional Chinese medicine are easy for pregnant women to have miscarriage or premature delivery after taking it.
5, women can't take a lot of cassia seed for a long time, because cassia seed has a certain weight loss effect, so many women like to drink a mouthful of water soaked in cassia seed at any time every day, thinking that this weight loss effect is good.
Actually, this is not a scientific function. If this method is maintained for a long time, women's fertility will be affected and menstruation will become irregular.
6. Be sure to pay attention to whether there will be adverse reactions when taking cassia seed daily. If abdominal distension, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting occur, stop taking the medicine immediately. When the problem is serious, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.
Efficacy of cassia seed
Lowering blood lipid
Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, and has a good effect on reducing blood lipid in patients with hyperlipidemia.
bring down the blood pressure
Cassia seed is tea brewed with boiling water. Long-term drinking can effectively lower blood pressure and has a good effect on cardiovascular diseases.
Treat constipation
Cassia seed contains emodin, which has a positive effect on clearing away heat and moistening intestine in view of heat and dryness in intestine. It can treat the gastrointestinal and constipation problems of modern people and help patients defecate smoothly.
clearing liver and improving vision
Cassia seed can not only clear liver and gallbladder, but also disperse wind and heat. It can be used together with Fructus Tribuli, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Fructus Lycii and Radix Rehmanniae in Shayuan, and can be used for treating green blindness and cataract.
Weight loss effect
Cassia seed can inhibit the synthesis of fat and decompose excess fat in the body. Taking cassia seed10g every day for soaking in water is a good way to keep fit, so it is a good way to lose weight. But it should be noted that if you have a cold, you should drink less of this tea.
Prevent catching a cold
Cassia seed is effective for colds and heatstroke. Making tea or boiling water with Folium Mori, Folium Bambusae, Herba Menthae and Flos Chrysanthemi and Semen Cassiae can prevent sore throat and cold.
Antibiotic action
Cassia alcohol extracted from Semen Cassiae can effectively fight against Escherichia coli, diphtheria bacillus, staphylococcus, paratyphoid bacillus and so on.
Cassia seed's coup to lose weight
First kind
Cassia seed 15g, Lotus leaf 12g, Alisma orientalis 15g, Poria cocos 12g, Yam 25g, Atractylodes macrocephala 12g and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 10g. Decoct with water, daily 1 dose. Has effect in invigorating spleen, promote diuresis, resolving phlegm and eliminating dampness, and is suitable for obese patients with spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness type.
The second type
Semen Cassiae 15g, Fructus Lycii 10g, Radix Polygoni Multiflori 15g, Fructus Crataegi 15g, Semen Lablab album 30g and Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 20g. Decoct in water, and take juice 1500ml to make tea. Can lose weight and reduce blood fat.
The third kind
Semen Cassiae, Fructus Crataegi, Semen Phaseoli, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Poria, Rhizoma Alismatis, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Raphani Semen, Semen Plantaginis, Herba Agastaches and Eupatorium odoratum. Drink water instead of tea. Has the effects of losing weight, reducing blood lipid and inducing diuresis.
The fourth kind
Cassia seed, mulberry leaf, notoginseng, hawthorn, radish seed, selfheal and chrysanthemum. Drink water instead of tea. It has the function of losing weight.
3. What role can cassia seed, licorice and dried tangerine peel play?
Many traditional Chinese medicines are used to make tea and help us to adjust our physical condition. Cassia seed is a very common Chinese medicine. We all know that this traditional Chinese medicine can relieve eye fatigue, but if it is used with licorice and dried tangerine peel, the nature of the medicine will change to some extent. What role can cassia seed, licorice and dried tangerine peel play?
Hawthorn and dried tangerine peel promote qi, stimulate appetite and promote digestion, and cassia seed can clear liver and improve eyesight. In the group, it is to clear liver, promote digestion and promote qi circulation, while Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has the effects of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, relieving pain and harmonizing various drugs. You can take it when you have indigestion and liver qi stagnation. If you drink in water, take a little of everything. The administration method is to brew with hot water and drink it as tea. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae mainly has the function of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, Semen Cassiae has the function of moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, and Radix Glycyrrhizae has the function of invigorating qi and strengthening spleen, which western medicine thinks is beneficial to the side effects of water. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Semen Cassiae and Radix Glycyrrhizae are not suitable for pregnant women. If you want a baby, you shouldn't drink the above prescription. Good luck with your pregnancy.
Cassia seed, licorice and dried tangerine peel can alleviate many bad symptoms, but some serious diseases can't be well treated, so we can't pin all our hopes on medicinal drinks. For some serious diseases, it is still necessary to find a good treatment.