1, specific usage of cassia seed
Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that cassia seed tea is effective in preventing and treating all kinds of ocular hypertension, hyperlipidemia (obesity) and constipation.
1, its function of clearing liver and improving eyesight is suitable for various ophthalmic diseases, such as red eyes, swelling and pain, shame and tears, blurred vision, glaucoma, cataract, conjunctivitis, etc. Because it has the function of protecting the optic nerve, it is beneficial to people who are prone to eye fatigue such as modern TV families and computer families.
2. Its laxative effect is suitable for constipation patients. Constipation causes intestinal endotoxin to be absorbed by intestinal wall. Long-term constipation is easy to cause human aging, and it is also the inducement of colon cancer, hemorrhoids and other diseases, and it is also one of the reasons for sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This product makes defecation smooth and not thin, and has no discomfort such as abdominal pain. Chronic constipation patients often take it without harm.
3. Its functions of reducing blood fat and blood pressure are suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia, obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
But pregnant women must pay attention to the side effects of laxatives, especially cassia seed tea. The latest research found that long-term light drinking will lead to irregular menstruation, and severe drinking will lead to abnormal endometrium, thus inducing premature delivery. Therefore, it is safest to drink boiled water during pregnancy, and it is also safe to make tea with jujube and medlar isothermal materials.
Efficacy of cassia seed
Be used as medicine
Cassia seed is an important medicine in ophthalmology of traditional Chinese medicine, which is suitable for the symptoms of red eyes, astringency, pain, shame and tears caused by liver heat or wind-heat in liver meridian. Can be decocted and taken singly, and can also be combined with Prunellae Spica, Mulberry Leaves and Chrysanthemum. Famous ophthalmic prescriptions such as cinnamon pill and cinnamon powder can be found in prescriptions of past dynasties. Cassia seed also has the function of stopping diarrhea, which is very suitable for the elderly because of heat constipation, yin deficiency and intestinal dryness, and has the reputation of diarrhea without hurting righteousness. For headache and dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, cassia seed, chrysanthemum, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc. It also has the effect of calming the liver and lowering blood pressure.
Daicha
A birthday girl who keeps in good health wrote a poem, saying, "Fools can't keep their eyes open, and they fly at night. It's not bad eyesight, just because of years of service. " Soaking cassia seed instead of tea after frying is a convenient prescription for health care of the elderly. Put it in a cup of 10g~20g ~ 20g and soak it in boiling water. Yellow fragrance, bitter taste and unique flavor. People with high blood pressure and habitual constipation might as well give it a try. A glass of cassia seed tea may bring you health and happiness. However, due to its slight cold taste, people with weak spleen and stomach should not take it for a long time.
Pillow making
Huang Tingjian, a writer in the Song Dynasty, said in a poem: "I would like to sleep and listen to the fragrance. Old eyes are willing to be idle, and reading is really a hobby. " The poet praised Cassia seed pillow for its functions of clearing away heat, calming nerves, improving eyesight and helping sleep. The Tang Dynasty's "Daming Materia Medica" said: "As a pillow, it is better than black beans to cure the head wind and improve eyesight." The medicated pillow made of cassia seed mixed with chrysanthemum is one of the external treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, which is moderate in hardness and beneficial to the head. A bag of medicine pillow can accompany people to sleep and sleep happily.
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In Broad Spectrum of Qing Dynasty, it said: "In order to make you have tea, you can use seedling leaves as distiller's yeast." Ru is the floorboard of vegetables. The tender shoots, leaves and tender fruits of cassia are edible. Its leaves are very fragrant after being baked with fire. Ordering tea is to make "boiled water", which is a popular health drink in Song Dynasty.
The common methods of cassia seed are as follows:
1. Cinnamon green tea:
Ingredients: 5 grams of cassia seed and 5 grams of green tea.
Method: Stir-fry Semen Cassiae with low fire until the fragrance overflows, take it out and let it cool. Put the fried cassia seed and green tea into a cup, add boiling water, soak for 3 ~ 5 minutes and drink. Drink with water until the taste fades.
Efficacy: This tea is cool and moistens the throat, with proper taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the liver, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels, improving eyesight and benefiting eyes.
Indications: Suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, constipation, blurred vision, etc.
Note: The name of the tea "Hui Jiang" is Luo Song, who is good at melting food; Those who produce Zhejiang Shao are cast in Japan, longer than; Fujian produces tea every day, specializing in addiction; Those who produce Liuhe are hardworking and specialize in stopping dysentery; If Pu 'er tea is produced in southern Yunnan, it can help digestion and stop dysentery. "Therefore, Anhui Luosong tea and Yunnan Pu 'er tea are the best choices for lowering blood fat and promoting digestion. Cassia seed is even, full and yellowish brown. When fried, the aroma is overflowing. Don't fry, so as not to affect the curative effect. The bitter cold in cassia seed tea hurts the stomach. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood should not take it. Tea contains caffeine, which has a refreshing effect. Therefore, it is not advisable to drink tea at night to prevent insomnia.
2. Qi Ju cassia seed tea
Materials: Lycium barbarum10g, Chrysanthemum morifolium 3g, Semen Cassiae 20g.
Methods: Put Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum morifolium and Semen Cassiae into a large cup with a lid, brew with boiling water, cover it, and drink it after 15 minutes.
Usage: when drinking tea regularly, it can be brewed for 3 ~ 5 times.
Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, nourishing yin and improving eyesight, and lowering blood pressure and lipid. Can be used for treating apoplexy sequelae caused by hyperactivity of yang and hyperactivity of liver fire, with symptoms of numbness and paralysis of limbs, dizziness, light weight, burning face, irritability, elevated blood pressure, red tongue, yellow fur and thready pulse.
3. Chrysanthemum, hawthorn and cassia seed tea
Raw materials: clean chrysanthemum 10g, raw hawthorn slices 10g, cassia seed 5g and sugar cube 25g.
Usage: put chrysanthemum, hawthorn slices, cassia seed and sugar cube into a thermos cup, brew with boiling water, cover tightly and soak for half an hour, and drink frequently several times a day.
Efficacy: This product is suitable for menopausal syndrome patients with yin deficiency of liver and kidney, hyperactivity of liver and intestine, dizziness, headache, irritability, dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess caused by hypertension.
4. Chrysanthemum and osmanthus porridge (empirical formula)
Raw materials: chrysanthemum 10g, cassia seed 10g- 10g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Usage: Stir-fry Semen Cassiae in a casserole until it is slightly fragrant, take it out, let it cool, stir-fry it with chrysanthemum, remove residues to get juice, add japonica rice to cook porridge, add rock sugar when porridge is cooked, and then cook it with 1-2 until it is cooked. Every day 1 time; 5-7 days is 1 course of treatment.
Efficacy: clearing liver, improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and relaxing bowels. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation.
Note: people with diarrhea should not take it.
5, peach kernel cinnamon honey tea
Ingredients: peach kernel10g, cassia seed10g.
Usage: decoct peach kernel and cassia seed with water and add honey.
Efficacy: It can promote blood circulation, lower blood pressure, clear liver and tonify kidney, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and cerebral thrombosis with fever symptoms.
6. Cassia seed honey drink
Raw materials: fried cassia seed 10- 15g, honey 20-30g.
Usage: Mash Semen Cassiae, add 300 ~ 400 ml of water, decoct for 10 minute, pour honey, mix well, and take it in the morning and evening, daily 1 dose.
Efficacy: It has the function of relaxing bowels and can be used to treat patients with prostatic hyperplasia and habitual constipation.
7. cassia seed tea
Usage: Semen Cassiae 30g,
Usage: brew with boiling water,
Efficacy: It can reduce blood pressure and lipid, and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation.
8. Purple tea (Chinese medicine prescription)
Raw materials: 30g of laver and 25g of cassia seed.
Usage: add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 20 minutes, and take the juice to drink.
Efficacy: goiter, edema, chronic tracheitis, cough, hypertension.
9. Semen Cassiae porridge (folk)
Ingredients: cassia seed 15g, japonica rice 60g, a little rock sugar.
Usage: First put Cassia seed in a pot, stir-fry until it is slightly fragrant, take it out to cool, add water to fry the juice, remove the residue and add japonica rice to cook the porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and cook it once or twice. Meal, daily 1 dose, lasting for 2 weeks.
Efficacy: clearing liver and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Used for cataract.
Summer food. Daily 1 dose, 5 ~ 7 days as a course of treatment. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation. Avoid: diarrhea patients should avoid taking it.
10, lotus leaf slimming tea:
Raw materials: lotus leaf 3g, cassia seed 6g, cooked rhubarb 3g, Polygonum multiflorum 3g, lentils 3g, tortoise plastron 3g,
Usage: brew with boiling water, without tea.
Efficacy: lose weight and lipid, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels. Suitable for obesity, constipation, etc.
1 1, Chaihu Cassia medicinal porridge
Raw materials: Bupleurum chinense 15g, cassia seed 20g, chrysanthemum 15g, rock sugar 15g, rice 100g.
Usage: Boil Bupleurum, Semen Cassiae and Flos Chrysanthemi in water, remove residues to get juice, cook porridge with rice, and add rock sugar while it is hot until it dissolves. Take one dose twice a day.
Efficacy: Climacteric syndrome with liver depression and fire, common insomnia accompanied by impatience and irritability, loss of appetite, thirst, red eyes and bitter taste, Huang Chi in urine, constipation and other symptoms.
12, Hawthorn cassia seed tea
Raw materials: hawthorn 15g, lotus leaf 15g, cassia seed 10g,
Usage: decoct in water to get juice.
Efficacy: used for diabetes.
2. The practice of cassia seed slimming tea
1, lotus leaf cassia seed slimming tea
Raw materials: lotus leaf 3g, cassia seed 6g, cooked rhubarb 3g, Polygonum multiflorum 3g, lentils 3g and tortoise plastron 3g.
Usage: brew with boiling water, without tea.
Efficacy: Lotus leaf cassia seed tea can lose weight, reduce fat and moisten intestines. Suitable for obesity, constipation, etc.
2, chrysanthemum hawthorn cassia seed tea
Raw materials: clean chrysanthemum 10g, raw hawthorn slices 10g, akira 5g and sugar cube 25g.
Usage: Put chrysanthemum, hawthorn slices, _ Qiu Zi and sugar cubes into a cup, soak in boiling water for half a minute _, and drink several times a day.
Efficacy: Hawthorn can help digest fat. With chrysanthemum and cassia seed, it is helpful to sleep, increase the motivation of gastrointestinal movement and help digestion.
3. Cinnamon green tea
Ingredients: 5 grams of cassia seed and 5 grams of green tea.
Method: Stir-fry Semen Cassiae with low fire until the fragrance overflows, take it out, let it cool, put the fried Semen Cassiae and green tea into a cup at the same time, add boiling water, and soak for 3-5 minutes before drinking. You can add water while drinking until the taste becomes weak.
Efficacy: This tea is cool, moistens the throat, has a proper taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the liver, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels, and eliminating toxins in the body.
4. Qi Ju cassia seed tea
Materials: Lycium barbarum10g, Chrysanthemum morifolium 3g, Semen Cassiae 20g.
Methods: Put Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum morifolium and Semen Cassiae into a cup at the same time, brew with boiling water, cover it, and drink it after 15 minutes.
Usage: when drinking tea regularly, it can be brewed for 3 ~ 5 times.
Efficacy: Lycium barbarum, chrysanthemum and cassia seed are all good products for clearing heat. Long-term drinking helps to eliminate toxins in the body, control appetite and reduce fat accumulation.