Cassia seed is the seed of cassia obtusifolia, a leguminous plant. Its seeds can be used as medicine, also known as cassia obtusifolia, pseudomung bean, cassia equisetifolia, cassia obtusifolia, etc., which are mostly harvested in autumn, and have the effects of clearing liver and improving eyesight.

Cassia seed is relatively common in rural areas, and it is also called Cassia seed in rural areas, and it is also called Senecio Senecio, Yam Ming, Yelazi, Zhuguming, Huanpupi, Yangjiao, Shit Bean, Sheep Tail Bean, Pig Shit Blue Bean and so on.

the origin of cassia seed

Cassia seed likes to grow in warm and sunny areas, mostly in rural slopes, ditches, roadsides and other places, and is also widely distributed in low-altitude beach sandy land, and likes warm and humid climate.

Cassia seed is native to tropical America. The main producing areas in China are Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan Province and other provinces south of the Yangtze River. Generally, it is suitable to plant it in March-April or September-October.

Cassia seed looks like

There are two varieties of Cassia seed, China Coix seed and foreign Coix seed. The plant is panicum miliaceum, with a stalk about 1 meter high, wide spreading leaves and axillary inflorescences. The caryopsis is white or yellow-white. The abdomen mask is wide and furrowed, and the powder is solid. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to December.