Natural High Quality Cassia Seed

Cassia Seed, Seed of Sickle Senna

Medicinal part：Mature seed of Cassia obtusifoliaL.

Plant forms：Annual semishrubby herbs. The upper part is much branched. Seeds numerous, prismatic or rhomboid slightly oblate,                             light brown, shiny, with 1 linear bevel on each side. Flowering from June to August, fruiting from August to October.

Origin  distribution: Born in the village, roadside, hillside and other places. Distributed in jiangsu, anhui and other places.

Harvesting and processing: Harvest at the end of autumn when the fruit is ripe and the pod turns yellowish brown. Cut the whole                                                   plant to dry in the sun. Lay the seeds and remove the net impurities.

Medicinal properties: Four-ribbed short cylindrical, obtuse at one end, sloping and pointed at the other, 4 ~ 6 mm long, 2 ~ 3 mm                                          wide. Surface brownish green or dark brown, smooth, have burnish, ventral side each has a raised edge line. On                                    each side of the prismatic line is a light brown linear concave grain obliquely inclined from the umbilical point to                                    the conjunctive point. Cross section seed coat thin; Endosperm pale, translucent. Embryo yellow, two cotyledons                                    overlapping and s-shaped fold. There was no beanfishy smell in intact seeds, but weak beanfishy smell after                                          crushing. Slightly bitter, slightly sticky.

Flavor and Meridian tropism: Slightly cold, bitter taste, sweet. Return to Liver meridian, kidney meridian, large intestine meridian.

Efficacy: Clear heat bright eyes, runchang laxative.

The pharmacological research: Has the antibacterial, the prevention atherosclerosis, the antiplatelet agglutination effect; Inhibition of                                                   cellular immune function, no effect on humoral immune function, can enhance macrophage                                                                 phagocytic function; Protect liver. Diarrhea. Promote gastric juice secretion; Inhibition of 15-                                                               hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase. Toxicity: carcinogenic and reproductive toxicity. Its water                                                           immersion liquid has antihypertensive, diuretic effect, and has the effect of relieving diarrhea,                                                               contractile uterus; The alcohol extraction solution had inhibitory effects on staphylococcus, diphtheria,                                                   giant spores, typhoid, paratyphoid, paratyphoid b, escherichia coli, etc. Its water immersion agent has                                                   the inhibitory effect to a variety of pathogenic skin fungi, and has the effect of lowering blood lipid.

Taboo: Pixu (spleen deficient) and loose stools should be taken with caution.