What are the benefits of drinking Cassia seed soaked in water?

Drinking Cassia seeds soaked in water has many benefits. It can clear the liver and improve eyesight, and it can also help us with bowel movements and sweating. For patients with hypertension, it also has a good blood pressure lowering effect and can treat hyperlipidemia.

1. Improve eyesight

Cassia seed can also be used in ophthalmic treatment, as its name itself indicates. "Jue" means to open and dredge, and Cassiae means to break through darkness and see the light again. Crush Cassia seeds and drink with boiled water on an empty stomach every morning. You will see night light in a hundred days. It can be used together with other medicines such as wolfberry to treat a variety of eye diseases.

2. Laxative

In hot seasons, the body sweats more and loses water faster, which can easily lead to dry stools and constipation. At this time, drinking water soaked with Cassia seeds can have a good effect in improving eyesight, relieving constipation and cleansing the intestines. It is best to fry Cassia seeds until they turn slightly yellow before soaking them in water. After frying, Cassia seeds will become relatively crispy, which is more conducive to the dissolution of effective ingredients and can prevent diarrhea.

Warm tip: When making herbal tea, just take 10 grams of all Chinese medicinal materials each time. Drink in moderation, 2-3 times a day is enough! Drinking Cassia seed soaked in water should also be differentiated according to physical constitution. People with poor physical constitution or cold constitution should drink less, otherwise it will easily cause kidney deficiency or diarrhea. People with body heat should first identify the cause of the heat. It is not suitable for the elderly, infants, postpartum women or women during menstruation.

3. Relieve liver fire and calm liver yang

Cassia seed has a strong effect in purging liver fire, and can treat headaches and dizziness caused by liver fire or liver yang, and can be used in combination with chrysanthemum, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc.

4. Lowers blood pressure

Cassia seed can also be used to treat high blood pressure. Take 20-30 grams of Cassia seed (fried until slightly yellow), 10-15 grams of Honeysuckle, and 15 grams of Chrysanthemum, and brew them with boiling water as tea. Take one dose daily and can be consumed for a long time. Lowering blood lipids: Cassia seed has the effect of inhibiting the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, and can be used to treat hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, etc.