What are the effects and functions of Semen Cassiae?

In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, Lithospermum officinale is very famous. This kind of medicinal material itself is used for decoction or internal administration. It can also be crushed and added to pills. Its main function is to clear away heat and detoxify, treat cough, cold, fever, as well as dizziness. It has sufficient therapeutic effect, and the most important thing is that it can remove cataracts and play a role in greening the liver and improving eyesight. Generally, people with spleen and stomach deficiency, gastrointestinal indigestion, should try not to use it.

【Usage and Dosage】:

For internal use: decoct in water, 10-30g, crush and decoct first; or make into pills or powder. For external use: Take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply to eyes.

【Notes】:

People with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution. People with indigestion and lack of gastric acid should not take it.

① "Bencao Jingshu": Fear of Inula flower.

② "Bencao Qiuyuan": the opposite of mica.

[Effects and functions of Shijueming]:

Soothes the liver and clears away heat; improves eyesight and removes cataracts. It is used to treat headache, dizziness, red eyes, cataracts, blurred vision, amblyopia and nystagmus. Used for headache, dizziness, red eyes, cataracts, blurred vision, amblyopia and nystagmus. It is used to treat wind-yang disturbance, headache, dizziness, convulsions, bone steaming, fatigue fever, amblyopia and cataracts.

① "Bielu": It is used to treat eye obstruction, pain and amblyopia.

② "Haiyao Bencao": It is used to treat amblyopia, cataracts, wind-heat in the liver and lungs, and bone steaming due to extreme fatigue.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can cure five types of stranguria.

④ "Bencao Congxin": cures ulcers and carbuncles.

⑤ "Bencao Qiuyuan": Softens hard masses, nourishes the kidneys, and treats hemorrhoids.

⑥ "Shandong Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook": calms the liver, improves eyesight, and treats vertigo.