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.

3-4kg of raw cassia seed for external use as a pillow is put into a cloth bag and made into a pillow. Cassia seed is slightly cold and slightly fragrant with grass. Sleeping with a pillow smells like sleeping in the green grass. Its hard seeds can also massage the head and neck points, so it has an auxiliary effect on headache, dizziness, insomnia, cerebral arteriosclerosis and cervical spondylosis caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.