A daily taste of Chinese medicine Cassia seed

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-03-02

【Cassia Introduction】

AliasesGrass cassia, sheep light, sheep horn, horseshoe cassia, pupils, dog poop beans, false mung beans, horseshoe, sheep's horns, wild green beans, large mountain potatoes, pig bones, pig feces blue beans, night pull seeds, sheep's tail beans, etc.

Pinyin」jué míng zǐ

English name」 semen cassiae

Latin name」cassia obtusifolia l.

This product is a leguminous cassia obtusifolia Lor Cassia lesser Cassia Tora Lof dried mature seeds. Ripe fruits are harvested in autumn, dried, seeded and impurities removed.

Distribution of originsIt is planted in the south of the Yangtze River, mainly in Anhui, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.

traitsDried seeds, rhomboid, shaped like a horseshoe, slightly pointed at one end, truncated at one end, 5 8 mm long and 2 mm wide5 3 mm. The surface is yellowish-brown or greenish-brown, smooth and shiny, with 1 raised brown ridge on each side, and a light-colored and slightly concave line on each side of the ridge, which swells and cracks when flooded. The skin is thin in cross-sectional surface, grayish-white to pale yellow endosperm can be seen, cotyledons yellow or dark brown, strongly folded and wrinkled. It has no gas, a slightly bitter taste, and is slightly mucous. It is better to have uniform, plump, yellow-brown grains.

ConcoctedStir-fry cassia seeds: Take the net cassia seeds, fry them in a pot until they are slightly fragrant, take them out, and let them cool.

Chemical compositionFresh seeds contain chrysophanol, emodin, aloe emodin, rhein acid, emodin glucoside, emodin anthralone, emodin methyl ether, cassia, orange cassia, as well as crescent sporozoides rose pigment, cassia pine, cassia lactones. Also contains vitamin A.

Dosagedecoction, 9-15g; It is used for laxative and should not be fried for a long time.

Note"Materia Medica":"Yarrow is really for it. Evil **. "

Sexual tasteSweet, bitter, salty, slightly cold.

ReturnReturn to the liver and large intestine meridians.

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