1, reducing blood lipid
Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of atherosclerotic plaque, which can not only reduce blood pressure, but also reduce blood lipid. People with three highs may wish to insist on eating cassia seed to help control the disease.
2, heat and detoxification
Cassia seed can help clear heat and detoxify. Emodin contained in Semen Cassiae can help clear away heat, moisten intestines, and effectively excrete human waste through defecation. In addition, cassia seed can nourish yin and clear heat, which also has a good relief effect on poor defecation and toxin accumulation caused by internal heat.
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 and relieve constipation. In addition, honey and cassia seed can be soaked in water to better moisten intestines, clear heat and relieve constipation.
4. Clearing liver and improving 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.
5. Lose weight
Cassia seed has a good effect of relaxing bowels and reducing fat, which can effectively help to 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 attention to it, and the weight loss effect of cassia seed is excellent.
6. How to eat Semen Cassiae
There are many ways to eat cassia seed, just simply making tea or making porridge.
(1) cassia seed tea
Material: cassia seed10g.
Practice: Wash cassia seed, put it in a cup, brew it in boiling water 10 minutes before drinking.
(2) Semen Cassiae porridge
Ingredients: cassia seed10g, chrysanthemum10g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Stir-fry Cassia seed in the pot, then take it out, air-cool, remove residue with chrysanthemum juice, take the juice and cook it with japonica rice to make porridge, and then add rock sugar to boil 1 2 when the porridge is cooked.
7. Side effects of Semen Cassiae
1, causing diarrhea
Cassia seed contains emodin, rhubarb, cassia seed, etc. These ingredients have a strong stimulation on the gastrointestinal tract. A small amount of them can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels. A large amount of cassia seed tea or traditional Chinese medicine containing Cassia seed will cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract, affect its function and cause severe diarrhea in Hu.
2. Deficiency of spleen and stomach
Cassia seed is an important Chinese medicine for severe cold. Therefore, friends with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can't eat Cassia seed, and people with poor spleen and stomach function may also cause spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and other discomfort symptoms after eating Cassia seed.
3, affecting women's fertility
As we all know, Semen Cassiae has the function of beauty beauty and slimming. Therefore, many obese women choose to drink Semen Cassiae food. In fact, Semen Cassiae can not only lose weight, but also have a certain impact on women's reproductive function. Drinking it for a short time may lead to irregular menstruation, and eating it for a long time will cause endometrial damage and affect reproductive function.
4, causing miscarriage
Many foods are inedible during pregnancy. Although it is possible to eat some cold foods during pregnancy to make the uterus slightly cold, Cassia seed is not. Cassia seed is a cold food and has catharsis effect. Eating it in the early pregnancy may cause miscarriage, and eating it in large quantities in the middle and late stages may also cause premature delivery.