The efficacy and function of cotton seeds

The Chinese medicinal cotton seed is a relatively good medicinal material. Many people don’t know much about it, so let’s take a detailed look at the Chinese medicinal cotton seed below.

[Other names] Kapok seeds (Compendium of Materia Medica), cotton kernels (Lan Tai Gui Fan).

[Source] The seeds of cotton, etc., a plant of the Malvaceae family.

[Pharmacological action] See the entry for "Cotton root".

[Properties and flavors] "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "pungent, hot, and poisonous."

【Functions and indications】Warming the kidney, tonifying deficiency, and stopping bleeding. Treat impotence, testicular prolapse, and enuresis. Hemorrhoidal bleeding, rectal prolapse, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 2 to 4 qian; or made into pills or powder. For external use: decoction for fumigation and washing.

【Note】 Those with Yin deficiency and excess fire should not take this medicine.

[Additional prescription] ① For treating impotence and inability to have sex: half a catty of cotton seeds (soaked in water, dried in the sun, stir-fried with liquor, shelled and kernels used), two ounces each of Psoralea corylifolia (fried in salt water) and leek seeds (fried). Grind into powder, add onion juice to make pills, the size of walnuts. Take 2 qian each time, on an empty stomach with wine. (Zhu Mu's Trial Prescription)

【Discussions by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kapok seeds are a medicine for removing rheumatism and cold dampness. Because of its pungent taste, it can disperse wind evil; because of its hot taste, it can remove cold dampness. It is suitable for those with wind, cold and dampness in the lower body."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Baicao Jing"

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that cotton seeds play a very important role in treating some diseases. The consumption of Chinese medicinal cotton seeds should also be determined according to individual physical conditions. Remember not to take the medicine blindly.