Medicinal value of sycamore seeds

Many people may have seen sycamore seeds but don't know about them, probably because they don't pay much attention to them. Sycamore seeds are actually the seeds of sycamore trees in autumn. After being dried, these seeds have extremely high medicinal value. They can treat many different types of diseases. Sycamore trees do not have high requirements for the growth environment, and they can survive anywhere with water and sunlight. So most people have seen sycamore seeds.

Things are valuable because they are rare, but this is not the case with the sycamore. Even if it grows in large areas, it does not reduce its preciousness at all. The trunk of the sycamore tree can be used to make furniture and other things with economic value, and its seeds can be made into medicine to treat diseases.

Pharmacological Action

⑴ Hemostasis: Oral administration of 6g/kg of sycamore seed powder for 3 consecutive days has a promoting effect on rabbit platelet aggregation, and its active ingredient is bioalkali.

⑵ Blood pressure reduction: Intravenous injection of 0.3 and 0.6 g (raw drug)/kg of total bioalkali of Chinese parasol seeds has a blood pressure-lowering effect on anesthetized cats and slows down the heart rate. It has a similar effect on rabbits, with a more obvious slowing of the heart rate. Total bioalkali has the effect of inhibiting cholesterase and enhancing the effect of acetylcholine, which may be related to blood pressure reduction.

(3) Improve immunity: Protein: It is the most important nutrient for maintaining immune function and is the main component of white blood cells and antibodies.

Minerals: Zinc, selenium, copper, manganese and other mineral forms and enzymes related to immune function.

(4) Clearing away heat and fire: It can clear the heart and purge fire, clear away heat and relieve restlessness, and eliminate heat toxins in the blood.

(5) Detoxification: clean up the toxins that have been accumulated in the body for a long time, improve physical health, increase the activity of immune cells, and eliminate harmful substances in the body.

(6) Strengthening the spleen: It is suitable for treating abdominal distension, loose stools, loss of appetite, and limb fatigue caused by spleen deficiency and inability to transport and transform qi.[4]

(7) Digestion: It helps in the secretion of gastric acid and the digestion of food, and is suitable for the treatment of food stagnation syndrome.

(8) Harmonizing the stomach: Treating stomach disharmony, with symptoms such as abdominal distension, belching, acid regurgitation, hiccups, nausea, anorexia, pale tongue with white fur, etc.

(9) Anti-diarrhea: Suitable for patients with food poisoning, symptoms include sour and smelly stools, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, bad breath, etc.

(10) Hair care: Foods containing protein are digested and absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract to form various amino acids, which are essential components for synthesizing hair keratin. Foods containing zinc can prevent a large amount of hair loss and hair color fading, and prevent and treat gray hair.

(11) Cooling blood: It contains a large amount of colloid, produces platelets, and has a hemostatic effect. It is suitable for patients with bleeding diseases.

From what has been said above, the functions of sycamore seeds are really many. In order to have more sycamore seeds and to cure more people with diseases, we should plant more of this tree instead of just cutting it down. Planting more sycamore trees can not only green the environment and beautify the earth, but also use its seeds to contribute to medicine.