What are the effects and functions of cooked Cassia seeds?

Cassia seed is a bean-shaped food with high medicinal value. It can be used to soak in water and drink, which can have health benefits for the human body. There are also many ways to eat cooked Cassia seed. Usually, cooked Cassia seed can be eaten with porridge. You can put cooked Cassia seed when making porridge. It not only tastes good, but also can clear heat and improve eyesight, improve constipation, lower blood pressure and other effects.

The efficacy of cooked cassia seed

There are many ways to consume cooked Cassia seeds, and they have different effects when combined with other herbal teas. For those with wind-heat, they are often used together with cicada shells, chrysanthemums, etc.; for those with liver fire, they are often used together with gentian, scutellaria, and selfheal.

1. Chrysanthemum and cassia seed porridge. Ingredients: 10 grams of chrysanthemum, 10 to 15 grams of cassia seed, 50 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, put the Cassia seeds into a casserole and stir-fry over low heat until it has a slight aroma, then take it out. After it cools down, boil it with the washed chrysanthemums, remove the residue and take the juice. Add the juice and water to the rice and cook porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes until it boils and then it is ready to eat. It can be taken once a day, with 5 to 7 days as a course of treatment. This porridge clears the liver, improves eyesight, lowers blood pressure and promotes bowel movements. Suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and habitual constipation, etc.

2. Ziming tea. Ingredients: 30 grams of seaweed, 25 grams of cassia seed. Put Cassia seeds into a casserole and stir-fry over low heat until it has a slight aroma, then take it out, add appropriate amount of water to the pot and boil together. After ten minutes, add seaweed and stew together. Continue cooking for ten minutes, remove the residue and take the juice. This tea can treat goiter, edema, chronic bronchitis, cough, and high blood pressure. The iodine contained in seaweed can prevent "big neck" disease, which is goiter.

Does cooked cassia seed have any side effects?

Due to its cold nature, cooked Cassia seed has diarrhea and blood pressure lowering effects, and is not suitable for patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, spleen deficiency diarrhea, and low blood pressure. To verify the side effects of Cassia seed, scientific experiments have shown that adding different proportions of Cassia seed to nutritionally complete food will reduce the weight of rats as the proportion of the drug increases. This product is used clinically for oral lipid-lowering. 9% of the cases have abdominal distension, diarrhea and nausea in the early stage after taking the medicine, but they can disappear on their own and do not affect continued medication.

Cassia seed is a Chinese herbal medicine and is partially toxic. Cassia seed is slightly cold in nature and can easily cause diarrhea in people with weak constitution or who take too much. People with stomach pain should not drink this tea. For people with chronic constipation and high blood pressure, Cassia seed tea can be drunk as a normal tea, but those with weak intestinal digestive function should be careful not to take it for a long time.

It is worth noting that people with diarrhea symptoms or low blood pressure should use Cassia seed preparations with caution. Because of the side effect of cooked Cassia seeds, pregnant women must also be careful when taking Cassia seeds. The latest research has found that if you drink it for a long time, the symptoms may be mild, causing irregular menstruation, and severe symptoms may even cause abnormal endometrium, thereby inducing premature birth. Pregnant women and women during menstruation should not take Cassia seed tea.