What is hemp seed?

Huorenma is also called hemp seed, hemp thread, hemp seeds, etc. Because it is planted in different regions of China, different regions have different names and names. The fruit matures in autumn and likes to live in warm and humid places. Only such soil can grow better hemp seeds. Let us take a look at the relevant introduction about hemp seeds and understand the medicinal value of hemp seeds and its pharmacological state.

Hemp seed is the dried mature seed of the Moraceae plant hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), also known as hemp seed, hemp, and hemp seed. Hemp is cultivated in most parts of China. It prefers a warm and humid climate and is not very demanding on the soil. It prefers sandpaper soil or clay soil with deep, loose, fertile and well-drained soil.

The fruits are harvested when they are ripe in autumn, impurities are removed, and they are dried to produce hemp seeds. Hemp seed is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of moistening the intestines, promoting bowel movements, moistening dryness and killing insects. Its clinical names include hemp seed and fried hemp seed.

Basic Introduction

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Annual herb, 1-3m tall. The stem is erect, with longitudinal grooves on the surface, densely covered with short soft hairs, fibrous cortex, and lignified at the base. The palmate leaves are alternate or opposite at the bottom, completely divided, with 3-11 lobes, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, gradually pointed at both ends, with coarse serrations on the edges, dark green with coarse hairs on the upper side, and densely covered with grayish-white felt hairs on the lower side; the petioles are 4-15cm long and covered with short cotton hairs; the stipules are small, free, and lanceolate.

Flowers are unisexual and dioecious; male inflorescences are sparse panicles, terminal or axillary; male flowers have 5 tepals, 5 stamens, slender filaments and large anthers; female flowers are clustered in leaf axils, green-yellow in color, each flower has an ovate bract on the outside, the tepals are small and membranous, and there is 1 pistil; the chamber is spherical and the style is dichotomous. Achenes are oval, 4-5mm long, hard, gray-brown, with fine reticular patterns, and covered by persistent yellow-brown bracts. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is July-August.

Hemp Seed

The dried fruit of cannabis is flat oval, 4 to 5 mm long and 3 to 4 mm in diameter. The surface is smooth, gray-green or gray-yellow, with fine white, brown or black patterns, and a light-colored ridge on each side. One end is blunt and the other end has a round concave spot where the fruit stalk has fallen off.

The exocarp is thin and the endocarp is hard and brittle. The green seed coat is often adhered to the endocarp and is difficult to separate. The endosperm is grayish white and thin; the two cotyledons are thick and oily. Slight odor, light taste. The best ones are yellow in color, without skin and full in texture. It is produced in Bama, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

Aliases

Hemp kernels, hemp, hemp seeds

source

This product is the dried mature fruit of Cannabis sativa L., a plant of the Moraceae family. The fruits are harvested in autumn when they are ripe, impurities are removed and they are sun-dried.

Source form

Annual herb, 1 to 3 meters high. The stem is stout and erect, with longitudinal grooves and densely covered with short soft hairs. The palmate compound leaves are alternate or opposite at the bottom. Flowers bloom in summer, arranged in long, loose panicles, terminal or axillary. Achenes are flat oval, gray-brown, with fine reticular patterns, and wrapped in persistent yellow-brown bracts.

Medicinal properties

The fruit of this product is oval, 4 to 5.5 mm long and 2.5 to 4 mm in diameter. The surface is gray-green or gray-yellow with fine white or brown reticular patterns, ridges on both sides, a slightly pointed top, and a round pedicel scar at the base. The peel is thin, brittle and easily broken. The seed coat is green, with 2 cotyledons, milky white and rich in oil. Slight odor, light taste.

Processing

Remove impurities and peels. Stir-fry hemp seeds: Take clean hemp seeds and stir-fry according to the method (Appendix

Ⅱ D) Fry until light yellow and fragrant.