Cassia seed theatre

Once upon a time, there was an old scholar. Before the age of 60, he suffered from eye diseases, impaired vision and walked with crutches. People call him a "blind scholar".

One day, a southern drug dealer passed by his house and saw some weeds in front of his house. He asked if the grass seedling was for sale. The old scholar asked in turn, "How much do you pay?" The drug dealer said, "I'll give you as much money as you want." The old scholar thought: these grasses are quite valuable, so he said: "I don't sell them." The drug dealer left when he didn't sell it.

Two days later, the southern drug dealers came again and still wanted to buy the grass. At this time, the grass in front of the blind scholar has grown to more than three feet high, and the stems are full of golden flowers. When the old scholar saw that the drug dealer came to buy it again, he thought it must be valuable. Why else would he keep buying? The old scholar is still reluctant to sell.

In autumn, these weeds produce diamond-shaped, gray-green and bright grass seeds. As soon as the old scholar smelled the grass seed, he thought it must be a good medicine, so he grabbed it and soaked it in water every day.

After a long time, my eyes got better and I didn't have to walk with crutches. After another month, the drug dealer came to buy weeds for the third time. Seeing that there were no weeds, he asked the old scholar, "Do you sell weeds?" "No", the old scholar told me that weed seeds can cure eye diseases. After hearing this, the drug dealer said, "This grass seed is a good medicine, or I will buy it three times. Called' cassia seed' and' cassia seed', it can cure various eye diseases and improve vision after long-term service. " Later, because the old scholar often drank the tea brewed by cassia seed, he was still healthy and healthy until he was in his 80 s. He once wrote a poem: "Fools are not satisfied with their eyes, and they count flies and stars at night. They are not good-eyed, just because they have been drinking for years."

Efficacy of cassia seed

Clearing liver and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Modern pharmacological research shows that cassia seed is rich in chrysophanol, emodin, cassia seed and other components, which has the functions of anti-pressure, anti-bacteria and cholesterol reduction.

Matters needing attention

Loose stool due to qi deficiency should not be used.

Distribution area

It is planted in the south of the Yangtze River, mainly in Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.

growing environment

Born on hillside, roadside and wilderness, he likes high temperature and humid climate. Suitable for growing in sandy loam, humus soil or soil with medium fertilizer content.

Harvest time: autumn harvest

Related exposition

1, Compendium of Materia Medica: "Except for wind and heat in the liver and gallbladder, erotic skin is white and green blind."

2, "Chinese Materia Medica" contains: "Qinggan Yishen, eyesight, diuretic and laxative. Indications: red eyes, swelling and pain, shame and tears, green blindness, passerine, headache and dizziness, blurred vision, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, dysuria and habitual constipation. External treatment of swelling and tinea. "

3, "Ben Jing": "Treating green blindness, red and white eyes, red eyes and pain, tears, long service will benefit."

4, "Materia Medica": "Cassia seed, its taste is salty and flat," Don't record "is bitter, sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. Salty water vapor, sweet rustic flavor, bitter can relieve summer heat, calm stomach qi, cold can benefit yin and relieve summer heat, and sufficient Jue Yin liver meridian can also be used as a positive medicine. It also enters the gallbladder and kidney meridians. The liver opens the eyes and the pupil belongs to the kidney, so the young master goes whoring blindly, his skin is red and white, his eyes are red, and he cries in pain. Bielu also treats bruises on lips and mouth. Benefiting from the classics for a long time is also caused by nourishing yin and clearing heat and replenishing the qi of liver and kidney. "