Cassia seed nature and flavor meridian

Cassia seed tea is the perfect seed of the legume plant Cassia. Also known as Cassia tora. So, what are the nature, flavor, meridians, effects and taboos of Cassia Seed Tea? Let’s take a look at the detailed introduction below.

It is the perfect seed of the legume plant Cassia. Also known as Cassia tora. Harvested in autumn, used raw or stir-fried.

Specific flavors are sweet, bitter, salty and cold in nature. It enters the liver, kidney and small intestine meridians. It has a light and uplifting temperament, is moist and can moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, and can both rise and fall. It is a product for removing liver fire and benefiting kidney yin.

The specific ingredient pharmacology production contains berberine, rhubarb, cassia, orange-yellow cassia, and vitamin D. The aqueous and alcohol extracts can facilitate urination and lower blood pressure. The anthraglycosides contained in them can slow down bowel movements and contract the uterus. They can inhibit the increase of blood cell cholesterol and the formation of soft plaques in pulmonary atherosclerosis. The alcohol extract can inhibit Staphylococcus, diphtheria, enterococci, and typhoid bacilli. The aqueous extract can inhibit skin fungi. The berberine acid contained in it can inhibit melanoma and cervical tumor cells. It can inhibit the function of immune cells and enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages.

Specific effects and application production

1. Clear away heat and promote digestion. It is used for red, swollen and painful eyes caused by liver fire, photophobia and excessive tears; and dry intestines and constipation caused by heat in the sigmoid colon. Use 15 grams of Cassia Seed Tea, stir-fry until slightly yellow, mash it and boil it in water, and use it as milk tea, which is the Cassia Seed Tea mentioned in "Jiangxi Herbs".

2. Nourish the liver and improve eyesight. It is used to treat blurred vision caused by kidney deficiency. Add wolfberry, Astragalus membranaceus, and jujube peel, and decoct in water. It can moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements. It is not suitable for long-term decocting or long-term consumption, otherwise it will cause constipation.

3. Promote digestion and treat constipation caused by internal heat and dry intestines. Add hemp seed and trichosanthes seed, decocted in water and taken orally.

It is used today to treat hyperlipidemia, that is, to reduce blood cell cholesterol (use 50 grams of cassia seed tea, decocted in water twice, divided into 3 doses, or soaked in boiling water as milk tea); hyperlipidemia, aortic atherosclerosis (30 grams of raw cassia seed tea, 20 grams each of raw hawthorn and powder kudzu root, decocted in water and divided into 3 doses); dizziness and headache caused by hypertension are caused by hyperactivity of liver yang and heat in the liver meridian (3 grams of white chrysanthemum, 15 grams each of dried hawthorn and cassia seed tea, soak in boiling water for 30 minutes, as milk tea); gynecomastia (25.~50 grams of raw cassia seed, soak in boiling water as milk tea).

Specific application taboos and precautions: Oral decoction, 10-15 grams, promotes digestion. It is not suitable for long-term decoction or long-term consumption. It is not suitable for people with qi deficiency and loose stools.