The efficacy and function of Cassia tomentosa

In today's society, health preservation seems to be an eternal topic. Nowadays, many people like to use some Chinese medicinal materials to regulate their bodies, because these medicinal materials are natural and pollution-free. Here we will introduce the medicinal material Cassia tortoise shell.

【English Name】Legumen Sickle Senna

[Source] Medicinal material source: the seeds of Cassia tomentosa of the Leguminosae plant.

[Original form] Cassia tomentosa shrub, 0.6-2.5m tall. Young branches densely covered with long yellow-brown hairs. Even-pinnate compound leaves, alternate; petiole and rachis are covered with yellow-brown long hairs, with a dark brown gland on the upper part of the petiole base; leaflets are 4-6 pairs, 10-20cm long; leaflets are ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 3-8cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide, acuminate at the apex, nearly rounded at the base, entire, and covered with long hairs on both sides. The racemes grow in the leaf axils at the top of the branches; the pedicels and pedicels are both pubescent; there are 5 sepals, densely pubescent, about 5mm long; there are 5 petals, yellow, glabrous, 15-18mm long. The pods are slender, flat, 10-15cm long, about 6mm wide, and densely covered with long coarse hairs. The fruiting period is from December to January of the following year.

[Habitat distribution] Distributed in Guangdong, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture and Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan, some of them are wild. Native to tropical America.

[Chemical composition] The seeds contain 4,4'-bis(1,3,8-trihydroxy-2-methys-6-methoxyanthraquinone) and 3β,16β,22-trihydroxyisohopane. The seed oil contains a small amount of malvalic acid and sterculic acid, as well as △5-sterols, △7-sterols and a small amount of saturated sterols.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies and relieves pain. Mainly used for carbuncle, swelling, sore and furuncle

【Usage and Dosage】For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The seeds can detoxify fish and serve as an antipyretic.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Regarding the Cassia tora introduced in the article, I hope everyone can learn more about the relevant information in daily life, so that they can correctly treat the disease when facing it.