1, reducing blood lipid
Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, not only lowering blood pressure, but also lowering blood lipid. People with three highs may wish to insist on eating cassia seed to help control their illness.
2. Clearing away heat and toxic materials
Cassia seed can help clear heat and detoxify. Emodin contained in Semen Cassiae can help clear away heat, moisten intestines, and effectively excrete human excrement through defecation. In addition, cassia seed can nourish yin and clear away heat, which also has a good relief effect on poor defecation and toxin accumulation caused by excessive internal heat.
Step 3 relieve constipation
Cassia seed can help relieve constipation, especially for heat constipation. Because cassia seed is cold, it can clear away heat and nourish yin, moisten intestines and relax bowels. In addition, honey and cassia seed can be soaked in water to better moisten intestines, clear heat and relax bowels.
Step 4 clear liver and improve eyesight
Cassia seed has a good eyesight improving effect. Cassia seed is slightly cold and enters the liver and kidney, which can effectively clear the liver and improve eyesight. People who need to use their eyes for a long time or often have discomfort such as dry eyes and swelling pain may wish to eat more cassia seed to relieve eye discomfort.
Step 5 lose weight
Cassia seed has a good laxative and fat-reducing effect, which can effectively help inhibit the synthesis and accumulation of fat in the body and cause obesity. In addition, eating cassia seed can also accelerate the decomposition of body fat and help to lose weight. Especially people with constipation and obesity should pay more attention. Cassia seed has excellent weight loss effect.
6. How to eat cassia seed?
There are many ways to eat cassia seed, just simply making tea or cooking porridge.
(1) cassia seed tea
Material: cassia seed 10g.
Practice: Semen Cassiae is washed, put into a cup, brewed in boiling water for 10 minute, and can be drunk.
(2) Semen Cassiae porridge
Materials: cassia seed 10g, chrysanthemum 10g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: stir-fry cassia seed in a pot, then take it out, air-cool, remove the residue with chrysanthemum soup, take the juice and cook it with japonica rice, and add rock sugar to the porridge to boil at a ratio of 1 2.
7. Side effects of Semen Cassiae
1, causing diarrhea.
Cassia seed contains emodin, rhubarb, cassia seed and so on. These ingredients have a strong stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract. A small amount can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels. Taking a large amount of cassia seed tea or Chinese medicine containing Semen Cassiae will damage the gastrointestinal tract, affect its function and cause severe diarrhea in Hu.
2. Spleen and stomach weakness
Cassia seed is an important traditional Chinese medicine for treating severe cold. Therefore, friends with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can't eat cassia seed. People with poor spleen and stomach function may also cause discomfort symptoms such as spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting after eating cassia seed.
3, affecting women's fertility
As we all know, cassia seed has the functions of beauty beauty and slimming. Therefore, many obese women choose to drink cassia seed food. In fact, cassia seed can not only lose weight, but also have a certain impact on women's reproductive function. Short-term drinking may lead to irregular menstruation, while long-term drinking may cause endometrial damage and affect reproductive function.
4, causing miscarriage
Many foods can't be eaten during pregnancy. Although it is possible to eat some cold food during pregnancy to make the uterus slightly cold, cassia seed is not. Cassia seed is a cold food with laxative effect. Eating in the early pregnancy may lead to miscarriage, and eating in large quantities in the middle and late pregnancy may also lead to premature delivery.