Traditional Chinese Medicine/Jue Ming Zi
< Traditional Chinese MedicineName Means:
- Jue-Realized
- Ming-Bright
- Zi-Seed
English Name:
- cassia seeds
- foetid cassia seeds
Latin Name:
Tastes & Temperature:
Channels:
- Foot Jue Yin of Liver
- Foot Shao Yin of Kidney
- Hand Yang Ming of Large Intestine
Actions & Indications:
- improve eyesight and relax bowels[3]
- Clear Heat & Drain Fire
- Clear Liver Heat & brighten eyes
- clear vision, expel Wind-Heat
- moisten intestines and move stool
- prevent atherosclerosis, lowers both blood pressure & serum cholesterol
- treat hypertension
Contraindication:
- Spleen/Stomach Deficient Cold
Caution:
- diarrhea
- hypotension
Antagonizes:
- Hua Ma Ren
Dosage:
- 3-5 qian (9-15 grams)
- up to 10 qian (30 grams)
Notes:
- ↑ (WO-2007061243-20070531) COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE EXTRACT OF CASSIA SEMEN FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION. World Intellectual Property Organization.
- ↑ Deng, Z.Y., Zhang, J.W.,Wu, G.Y., Yin, Y.L., Ruan, Z., Li, T.J., Chu,W.Y., Kong, X.F., Zhang, Y.M., Fan, Y.W., Liu, R., Huang, R.L., 2007. "Dietary supplementation with polysaccharides from semen cassiae enhances immunoglobulin production and interleukin gene expression in early-weaned piglets.", J. Sci. Food Agric. 87, 1868–1873.
- ↑ Haiying Liu, Nongxue Qiu, Huihuang Ding, Ruiqi Yao. "Polyphenols contents and antioxidant capacity of 68 Chinese herbals suitable for medical or food uses", Food Research International, Volume 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-370.
back to:
- Qing Re Xia Huo
- TCM Materia Medica
This article is issued from Wikibooks. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.