The effects of cassia seeds are clearing heat and improving eyesight (removing heat from the body and promoting the recovery of eyesight), moistening the intestines and relieving constipation. It is mainly used for eye redness and swelling pain, intestinal dryness and constipation. The price is 3~10 dollars per 500g.
1. Cassia seeds first contained in the “Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica”. It is bitter in taste and can clear liver heat and benefit liver yin. Whether wind-heat attack, or liver fire attack caused by the redness and swelling of the eyes, photophobia and tears can be used in conjunction. It can be used together with Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum and Fructus Lycii Ziziphi if it is used for treating deficiency of yin in the liver and kidney (deficiency of yin in the liver and kidney), dimming of vision and darkness of the eyes.
2. It is bitter in taste and lubricating in texture, and enters the large intestine meridian, with the effect of moistening the intestines and laxative, and is suitable for constipation of dry intestines and fluid deficiency. It can be used in conjunction with fire Ma Ren and Psoralea vulgaris.
The adverse effects of cassia seeds are not clear, and should be used with caution in cases of qi deficiency and loose stools (thin and unformed feces). If you need to use the drug, you should consult your doctor first, do not blindly self-medication.