cassia seed

Types of fruits and seeds

cassia seed

Latin name is Catsia tora Linn.

Other names are cassia seed, cassia water chestnut and fake mung bean.

Different names are cassia seed, Yangming (Wupu Materia Medica), Yang Jiao (Guangya), Equisetum equisetum (Tao Hongjing), Huantongzi (True Story of Medicine), Crotalaria (Brief Introduction to Raw Medicinal Materials), Pseudomung bean (Flora of Chinese Medicinal Plants) and Horseshoe Seed (Flora of Jiangsu Medicinal Plants).

Medicinal products are mature seeds of cassia obtusifolia, also known as cassia obtusifolia.

The source is dried and mature seeds of Cassia or Cassia of Millet of Leguminosae.

Origin in the village, the road, the wilderness. Distributed in various provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River. It can be found in tropical areas all over the world.

The plant is panicum miliaceum, erect and stout, with a height of 1 ~ 2m. Even pinnate compound leaves, 4 ~ 8 cm long, without glands on the petiole, with 1 rod glands between each pair of leaflets on the leaf uranium; 3 pairs of leaflets, papery, obcordate or obovate-oblong, 2-6 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide, with a small blunt tip, an oblique base and pilose sides; Petiole length1.5 ~ 2mm; Stipules linear, pilose, caducous Flowers open in late autumn, axillary, usually 2 in clusters, with a total stalk length of 6 ~10 mm; Pedicel length 1 ~ 1.5 cm, filiform; Sepals 5, membranous, the lower half of them combined into a short tube, pilose outside, about 8 mm long; Petals 5, yellow, the next two are slightly longer; 7 developmental stamens; Ovary sessile, white pilose The pod is slender, nearly linear, straight on four sides, tapering at both ends, up to 5 cm long and 3 ~ 4 mm wide; The seeds are diamond-shaped and bright.

Harvesting and processing mature fruits in autumn and winter, drying, sowing and removing impurities.

Characteristics of medicinal materials This product is slightly square or short cylindrical, with parallel ends and slightly inclined. It is 3 ~ 7 mm long and 2 ~ 4 mm wide, green-brown or dark-brown, smooth and shiny, with 65,438+0 protruding ridges on the dorsal surface and 65,438+0 yellowish linear concave lines on both sides of the ridges. Hard and not easy to break. Thin seed coat and two yellow cotyledons can be seen on the cross section, and the cotyledons are 3-fold. Slight breath and bitter taste. The granules are full, and the color is green and brown.

Chemical constituents include emodin, chrysophanol, emodin methyl ether, cassia obtusifolia, cassia obtusifolia and its glycosides.

Bitter, slightly cold. 1 classic: salty and plain.

② Don't record: it tastes bitter and sweet, slightly cold and nontoxic.

3 "Materia Medica": slightly bitter and slightly sweet, flat and slightly cool.

Function belongs to liver, kidney and large intestine meridian. Clearing liver, improving eyesight and relaxing bowels. Used for headache, dizziness, blurred vision and constipation. The dose was 9 ~ 15g.

Can be used for treating wind-heat red eye, green blindness, passerine, hypertension, hepatitis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, and habitual constipation.

Classic: cure green blindness, red and white eyes, red eyes and pain, tears, long-term service will benefit you.

2 "Do not record": cure lips.

③ Theory of medicinal properties: benefiting the five internal organs, except liver and family heat.

4 "Rihuazi Materia Medica": help liver qi and benefit essence water; Apply it at the end, reduce swelling and detoxify, treat temple headache, and stick it to the brain to stop nosebleed; When the pillow is better than black beans, it cures the head wind and improves eyesight.

⑤ Herbal Addendum: Eliminating snake venom.

⑥ "raw herbs": treating children's five prickly heat and rubbing tinea.

⑦ Compendium of Medical Forest: Purging Evil Water.

8 Hunan pharmacology: improving eyesight and diuresis.

Treat dizziness, beriberi, edema, lung abscess and chest pain.

Pet-name ruby handbook of Chinese herbal medicines commonly used in Guangzhou army: clearing liver and improving eyesight, diuresis and relaxing bowels.

Treat hepatitis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, hypertension, infantile malnutrition, night blindness, wind-heat eye pain, and habitual constipation.

"Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica" lists Cassia as the top grade, calling it "treating green blindness, eye obscenity, red skin, white film, red eyes and tears. Take off all your clothes and be a smart man. " "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says that it "helps liver qi and benefits essence qi; Apply clean water at the end, reduce swelling and detoxify, stick to the temple to treat headache, and stick to the brain to stop nasal water; Being a pillow and treating the head wind is definitely better than black beans. " According to the Handbook of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines published by Guangjun, Semen Cassiae can "clear liver and improve eyesight, promote diuresis and relieve constipation". Treat hepatitis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, hypertension, infantile malnutrition, night blindness, wind-heat eye pain, and habitual constipation. Hunan Pharmacology records that it treats dizziness, beriberi, edema, tuberculosis and chest pain. The Chinese Materia Medica compiled by state administration of traditional chinese medicine in recent years describes its extensive application, which points out: "Clearing liver and tonifying kidney, improving eyesight, promoting diuresis and relaxing bowels. 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. "

Modern research shows that cassia seed contains not only sugar, protein and fat, but also steroids, chrysophanol and emodin, as well as essential trace elements such as iron, zinc, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum. Emodin and rhein have antiasthmatic, cholagogic, liver-protecting and antihypertensive effects on human body, and have certain antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Among them, emodin glucoside, emodin anthrone and emodin methyl ether have the effects of lowering serum cholesterol and strengthening heart. Cassia seed has-hydroxyl group, which can synthesize complex with metal elements, which has great influence on the absorption of metal elements. Modern clinical application of cassia seed in the treatment of hyperlipidemia has achieved satisfactory results. Cassia seed can be decocted in water or made into tablets. Cassia seed is often used to fry yellow powder instead of tea in folk, which has the health care function of preventing and treating diseases.

clinical application

1, used for red eyes, swelling and pain, tears due to shame, cyanosis and cataract. Symptoms such as red eyes, swelling and pain, shame and tears are caused by liver-fire disorder or wind-heat stagnation. Cassia seed can not only clear liver and gallbladder depression, but also disperse wind and heat, which is an important drug for treating red eyes and swelling and pain. Wind-heat is often equivalent to cicada slough and chrysanthemum; For patients with liver fire, it is often used with Gentiana, Scutellaria baicalensis and Prunella vulgaris.

2, green blindness cataract, mostly caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Cassia seed can clear liver and improve eyesight. It is often used with drugs for nourishing liver and kidney, such as Fructus Astragali, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Fructus Lycii and Radix Rehmanniae, to treat green blindness and cataract.

3, laxative effect, can treat dry stool.

4. In recent years, people who are bedridden with hypertension and have symptoms such as hyperactivity of liver yang and dizziness are often equated with Uncaria and oysters.

pharmacological action

① Hypotensive effect: The water extract, yeast water extract and alcohol extract of Semen Cassiae have hypotensive effects on anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits.

However, this infusion has no obvious hypotensive effect on anesthetized rabbits, but 5 ml cinnamon tincture has obvious hypotensive effect and lasts for a long time. Intravenous injection of the same amount of dilute alcohol can also reduce the antihypertensive effect (which can be restored immediately).

It has inhibitory effect on isolated toad heart; It has contractive effect on blood vessels (lower limb perfusion method).

In the chronic experiment, the decoction is 2g/kg per day, which has no antihypertensive effect.

② The alcohol extract of antibacterial seeds can inhibit staphylococcus, diphtheria, typhoid, paratyphoid and Escherichia coli. , and the water extract is invalid. Water immersion agent (1: 4) has inhibitory effect on some skin fungi in vitro.

1: lower blood pressure; 2. The role of pathogenic microorganisms; 3. Lowering serum cholesterol and triglyceride; 4. Drainage action; 5. It has oxytocin effect on uterine contraction.

The low content of chrysophanol may be related to its mild antibacterial and purgative effects.

side effect

The weight of rats can be reduced with the increase of the proportion of cassia seed added to the nutritious food.

Clinical use of this product orally reduces blood lipid. Abdominal distension, diarrhea and nausea occurred in 9% cases at the initial stage after taking the medicine, but they disappeared by themselves, which did not affect the continued use of the medicine.

Should avoid "Notes on Materia Medica": Kuai actually made it.

Evil hemp seed.

Processing of fried cassia seed: Wash cassia seed, put it in a pot and fry until it has a slight aroma, then take it out and let it cool.

The purpose of baking

This product has a slightly stronger intestine-sliding effect, and can be slow, crisp and fragile after decocting, and the effective components are decocted.

Confused product

1, the fruit in the south of the Yangtze River is flat, and the medical market in Taiwan Province is chaotic. Its benzene extract contains two toxic substances, toxic protein and keyasin, which are harmful to the liver and kidney of animals.

2. Sesbania spinosa is a common green manure in Taiwan Province Province, which looks more like cassia seed, but smaller, short cylindrical and has umbilical cord. Fortunately, I don't mix in the market.

3, the real cassia seed, the appearance is brown and shiny, and the two ends are parallel and inclined.

The common methods of cassia seed are as follows:

1. Cinnamon green tea:

Ingredients: 5 grams of cassia seed and 5 grams of green tea.

Method: Stir-fry Semen Cassiae with low fire until the fragrance overflows, take it out and let it cool. Put the fried cassia seed and green tea into a cup, add boiling water, soak for 3 ~ 5 minutes and drink. Drink with water until the taste fades.

Efficacy: This tea is cool and moistens the throat, with proper taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the liver, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels, improving eyesight and benefiting eyes.

Indications: Suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, constipation, blurred vision, etc.

Note: The name of the tea "Hui Jiang" is Luo Song, who is good at melting food; Those who produce Zhejiang Shao are cast in Japan, longer than; Fujian produces tea every day, specializing in addiction; Those who produce Liuhe are hardworking and specialize in stopping dysentery; If Pu 'er tea is produced in southern Yunnan, it can help digestion and stop dysentery. "Therefore, Anhui Luosong tea and Yunnan Pu 'er tea are the best choices for lowering blood fat and promoting digestion. Cassia seed is even, full and yellowish brown. When fried, the aroma is overflowing. Don't fry, so as not to affect the curative effect. The bitter cold in cassia seed tea hurts the stomach. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood should not take it. Tea contains caffeine, which has a refreshing effect. Therefore, it is not advisable to drink tea at night to prevent insomnia.

2. Qi Ju cassia seed tea

Materials: Lycium barbarum10g, Chrysanthemum morifolium 3g, Semen Cassiae 20g.

Methods: Put Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum morifolium and Semen Cassiae into a large cup with a lid, brew with boiling water, cover it, and drink it after 15 minutes.

Usage: when drinking tea regularly, it can be brewed for 3 ~ 5 times.

Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, nourishing yin and improving eyesight, and lowering blood pressure and lipid. It can be used for treating apoplexy sequelae caused by hyperactivity of yang and hyperactivity of liver-fire, characterized by numbness and paralysis of limbs, dizziness, light weight, burning face, irritability, elevated blood pressure, red tongue, yellow fur and thready pulse.

3. Chrysanthemum, hawthorn and cassia seed tea

Raw materials: clean chrysanthemum 10g, raw hawthorn slices 10g, cassia seed 5g and sugar cube 25g.

Usage: put chrysanthemum, hawthorn slices, cassia seed and sugar cube into a thermos cup, brew with boiling water, cover tightly and soak for half an hour, and drink frequently several times a day.

Efficacy: This product is suitable for menopausal syndrome patients with yin deficiency of liver and kidney, hyperactivity of liver and intestine, dizziness, headache, irritability, dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess caused by hypertension.

4. Chrysanthemum and osmanthus porridge (empirical formula)

Raw materials: chrysanthemum 10g, cassia seed 10g- 10g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Usage: Stir-fry Semen Cassiae in a casserole until it is slightly fragrant, take it out, let it cool, stir-fry it with chrysanthemum, remove residues to get juice, add japonica rice to cook porridge, add rock sugar when porridge is cooked, and then cook it with 1-2 until it is cooked. Every day 1 time; 5-7 days is 1 course of treatment.

Efficacy: clearing liver, improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and relaxing bowels. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation.

Note: people with diarrhea should not take it.

5, peach kernel cinnamon honey tea

Ingredients: peach kernel10g, cassia seed10g.

Usage: decoct peach kernel and cassia seed with water and add honey.

Efficacy: It can promote blood circulation, lower blood pressure, clear liver and tonify kidney, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and cerebral thrombosis with fever symptoms.

6. Cassia seed honey drink

Raw materials: fried cassia seed 10- 15g, honey 20-30g.

Usage: Mash Semen Cassiae, add 300 ~ 400 ml of water, decoct for 10 minute, pour honey, mix well, and take it in the morning and evening, daily 1 dose.

Efficacy: It has the function of relaxing bowels and can be used to treat patients with prostatic hyperplasia and habitual constipation.

7. cassia seed tea

Usage: Semen Cassiae 30g,

Usage: brew with boiling water,

Efficacy: It can reduce blood pressure and lipid, and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation.

8. Purple tea (Chinese medicine prescription)

Raw materials: 30g of laver and 25g of cassia seed.

Usage: add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 20 minutes, and take the juice to drink.

Efficacy: goiter, edema, chronic tracheitis, cough, hypertension.

9. Semen Cassiae porridge (folk)

Ingredients: cassia seed 15g, japonica rice 60g, a little rock sugar.

Usage: First put Cassia seed in a pot, stir-fry until it is slightly fragrant, take it out to cool, add water to fry the juice, remove the residue and add japonica rice to cook the porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and cook it once or twice. Meal, daily 1 dose, lasting for 2 weeks.

Efficacy: clearing liver and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Used for cataract.

Summer food. Daily 1 dose, 5 ~ 7 days as a course of treatment. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation. Avoid: diarrhea patients should avoid taking it.

10, lotus leaf slimming tea:

Raw materials: lotus leaf 3g, cassia seed 6g, cooked rhubarb 3g, Polygonum multiflorum 3g, lentils 3g, tortoise plastron 3g,

Usage: brew with boiling water, without tea.

Efficacy: lose weight and lipid, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels. Suitable for obesity, constipation, etc.

1 1 Chaihu Cassia medicinal porridge

Raw materials: Bupleurum chinense 15g, cassia seed 20g, chrysanthemum 15g, rock sugar 15g, rice 100g.

Usage: Boil Bupleurum, Semen Cassiae and Flos Chrysanthemi in water, remove residues to get juice, cook porridge with rice, and add rock sugar while it is hot until it dissolves. Take one dose twice a day.

Efficacy: Climacteric syndrome with liver depression and fire, common insomnia accompanied by impatience and irritability, loss of appetite, thirst, red eyes and bitter taste, Huang Chi in urine, constipation and other symptoms.

12, Hawthorn cassia seed tea

Raw materials: hawthorn 15g, lotus leaf 15g, cassia seed 10g,

Usage: decoct in water to get juice.

Efficacy: used for diabetes.

The way of keeping healthy of cassia seed

"The box is full of dragon tree theory, and the box is empty." This is a poem by Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. The main raw material of Cassia seed pill for treating eye diseases in the poem is Cassia seed. Cassia seed, also known as Cassia, Cortex Phellodendri, etc. It is the mature seed of cassia obtusifolia or cassia obtusifolia. Bitter, sweet and cool, it has the functions of clearing liver, 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 lowering blood pressure, antibacterial and cholesterol.

Li Zhongxin, chief pharmacist of Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: Cassia seed is a traditional Chinese medicine, which can be used "big" or "small". "Great use" refers to its medicinal use, such as the effect of clearing liver and improving eyesight of cassia seed, which is suitable for patients with ophthalmic diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and conjunctivitis; The effect of relaxing bowels is suitable for patients with chronic constipation; Has the effects of reducing blood lipid and blood pressure, and is suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.

"Small use" refers to its role in daily life. Director Li Center introduced some simple eating methods that can give full play to the health care function of Semen Cassiae:

Cassia seed green tea drink: 5 grams of cassia seed and 5 grams of green tea. Stir-fry Semen Cassiae with low fire until the fragrance overflows, take it out, let it cool, and pour it into boiling water with green tea for drinking. Efficacy: clearing away heat, calming the liver, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels, improving eyesight and benefiting eyes. People who are prone to eye fatigue, such as modern "TV people" and "computer people", might as well drink often, but it is best to drink less at night. Reminder: when frying, the aroma overflows and frying is not allowed. Not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood.

Qiju cassia seed tea: Lycium barbarum 10g, Chrysanthemum 3g, Cassia 20g. Brew Fructus Lycii, Flos Chrysanthemi and Semen Cassiae in boiling water at the same time, and drink after slow fire 15 minutes. Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, nourishing yin and improving eyesight, and lowering blood pressure and lipid.

Cassia seed honey drink: fried cassia seed 10 ~ 15g, honey 20 ~ 30g. Mashing Semen Cassiae, adding 300 ~ 400 ml of water, decocting for 10 min, adding honey and mixing well, and taking it once in the morning and evening. Has the effects of moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and can be used for treating patients with prostatic hyperplasia and habitual constipation.

Cassia seed tea: Take 15g, stir-fry Semen Cassiae or crushed Semen Cassiae, and make tea directly until the tea is colorless. Drinking cassia seed tea for the elderly is not only helpful for defecation, but also has health care functions such as improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and regulating fat. For the elderly with yin deficiency and less blood, 9 grams of Lycium barbarum, 5 grams of Chrysanthemum and 5 grams of Radix Rehmanniae can be added and soaked together; If the elderly have symptoms of qi deficiency, it is advisable to add 3 grams of raw ginseng by soaking. Reminder: People with severe qi deficiency and loose stool should not use it, and pregnant women should not take cassia seed tea.

Chrysanthemum osmanthus porridge: chrysanthemum 10g, cassia seed 10 ~ 15g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, stir-fry Semen Cassiae until it is slightly fragrant, take it out, cool it, stir-fry it with chrysanthemum, remove the residue to get juice, add japonica rice to cook porridge, add rock sugar when the porridge is cooked, and then boil it to eat. Every day 1 time for 5 ~ 7 days. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation. Reminder: People with diarrhea should not take it.

In addition, cassia seed can also be used externally, that is, as a pillow. Huang Tingjian, a writer in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "Pillow bag replaces elbow, old eyes are willing to relax, reading is really addictive", which refers to cassia pillow. Using cassia seed pillow has the functions of clearing heat, calming nerves, improving eyesight and helping sleep. The method of making a pillow is very simple: 3 ~ 4 kilograms of raw cassia seed is put in a cloth bag to make a pillow. Cassia seed is slightly cold and slightly fragrant with grass. Sleeping on a pillow is like sleeping in the cool green grass, which makes you fall asleep happily. The hardness of cassia seed can just massage the head and neck points, so it also has an auxiliary treatment effect on headache, dizziness, insomnia, cerebral arteriosclerosis and cervical spondylosis.

Flower name: Cassia seed

Scientific name: Cassiaobtusifolia

English name: CassiaSeed

Family name: Cassia Millettia in Leguminosae.

Picking position: dry mature seeds.

Origin: Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces, cultivated all over the north and south.

Jane:

It is an annual semi-shrub herb; Osmanthus fragrans red, slender pods, quadrangular; Cassia has smaller plants and shorter pods. It is famous for its eyesight. Cassia seed tastes bitter, sweet and salty, slightly cold, and enters the liver, kidney and large intestine; Moisten intestine to relieve constipation, reduce blood fat and improve eyesight, and treat constipation, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Clearing liver, improving eyesight, promoting diuresis, relaxing bowels, stopping diarrhea, lowering blood pressure and blood lipid. Article source: /newsbrow.asp? new_id=597

Efficacy: In Shennongjing, Cassia seed is listed as the top grade, calling it "green blindness, eye obscenity, red skin, white film, red eyes and tears." Long-term service will benefit you and you will become healthy. "Rihuazi Materia Medica says that it" helps liver qi and benefits essence; Apply clean water at the end, reduce swelling and detoxify, stick to the temple to treat headache, and stick to the brain to stop nasal water; As a pillow, it is definitely better than black beans to cure the head wind. [Energy] Clearing liver and improving eyesight, promoting diuresis and relaxing bowels. Treat hepatitis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, hypertension, infantile malnutrition, night blindness, wind-heat eye pain, and habitual constipation. "Hunan Pharmacology records its treatment of dizziness, beriberi, edema, tuberculosis and chest pain." Chinese Materia Medica describes its wide use, saying: "Clearing liver and tonifying kidney, improving eyesight, promoting diuresis and relaxing bowels. 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. "Modern research shows that cassia seed contains not only sugar, protein and fat, but also steroids, chrysophanol and emodin, as well as essential trace elements such as iron, zinc, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum. Emodin and rhein have antiasthmatic, cholagogic, liver-protecting and antihypertensive effects on human body, and have certain antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Among them, emodin glucoside, emodin anthrone and emodin methyl ether have the effects of lowering serum cholesterol and strengthening heart. Cassia seed has-hydroxyl group, which can synthesize complex with metal elements, which has great influence on the absorption of metal elements. Modern clinical application of cassia seed in the treatment of hyperlipidemia has achieved satisfactory results. Cassia seed can be decocted in water or made into tablets. Cassia seed is often used to fry yellow powder instead of tea in folk, which has the health care function of preventing and treating diseases. Promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, clear the stool in the body, and reduce blood lipid and blood pressure.

Precautions:

Cassia seed is cold, which has the function of relieving diarrhea and lowering blood pressure, so it is not suitable for patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and hypotension. In addition, cassia seed mainly contains chrysophanol, emodin and other compounds, which can cause intestinal lesions or intractable constipation after long-term use.

Suitable collocation: Lycium barbarum, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, fried cassia seed and rose.

Brewing method: you need to make tea with fried cassia seed.

Hua Yan cha Yu: Return the pupil.