Cassia Tora Seed – Applications

Used for conjunctival congestion and blurred vision

Cassia Tora seeds are so cold and bitter that it purges the heat and very salty and sweet that it replenishes the yin (fluids of the body). Cassia Tora herb clears the fire from the liver and it also provides nourishment to the kidneys and the liver. Because the liver contains its opening at the eyes and kidneys are corresponded by pupils, the herb is great for improving the eyesight as well as can be utilized for eye ailments of deficiency and excess types. When cassia tora is utilized along with Cape Jasmin Fruit (Fructus Gardeniae) or spica (Spica Prunellae), it acts as a good remedy for healing inflammation of the conjunctiva or conjunctivitis (The inner part of the eyelids are lined by a mucous membrane as well as is continued till the eyeball’s forepart). It can also heal photophobia, intolerance of lights.

Cassia Tora is frequently used along with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, etc. to cure headache conjunctival congestion caused because of the higher blows of pathogenic wind-heats. The unclear vision because of kidney and liver’s yin deficiency can be cured using cassia tora along with Semen Astragali Complanati or milk vetch.

Used for constipation due to dryness of intestine

The herbs help to remove the heat and loosen the bowels to provide relief in constipation because these herbs have moisturizing and cool properties. Because of dryness of intestine and internal heat, this herb is frequently used along with Mongolian snake gourd seed (Semen Trichosanthis), hemp seed, etc., to cure constipation.

Additionally, Ju Ming Jiang Ya Pian is made by combining Cassia tora herb and chrysanthemum, acts as a cure for high blood pressure and also Sickle Senna seed syrup, tablets, and a decoction are very much effective for curing hyperlipemia, that is excessive lipids and fats are present in your blood.

Dosage and Administration

6 to 12 g, the ingredients should be decocted to drink. If in case they are used to provide relief to constipation, the decoction shouldn’t last long.

Cautions on Use

Those who have a deficiency of qi (energy) with loose stools, should avoid the consumption of this herb.

Modern Researches

The brand new seed of the plant consists of obtusin, chrysophanol, vitamin A and aurantio-obtusin. It consists of anthra-glucoside which is recognized for the laxative effect. It even contracts the uterus. When cassia seed is mixed with water, it can prohibit dermatomycoses, and its alcohol injection prohibits dangerous microorganisms such as bacillus diphtheria, typhoid, staphylococcus, paratyphoid bacillus and bacillus coil from growing.

This seed is the ripe dried seed of Cassia tora L. (Leguminosae) or Cassia obtusifolia L. It is pharmaceutically known as Semen Cassiae. It mainly consists of anthraquinone’s derivatives (that includes, emodin, rhein, chrysophanol, etc.) as well as fixed oil. The Chinese administration issued “The List of Both Food and Medicinal Herb”, and cassia tora is on this list because it is a medical and food herb.

The herb Cassia Tora Tea is a very healthy green beverage that is natural, pure, and non-polluted. It is used to refresh one’s eye-vision in Korea. The term “Coffee-Tea” is the term invented by Cassia Tora Tea because of its mouthful and mysterious taste. It can be used in place of coffee and various other sodas because it is made up of 100% Cassia Tora without any Caffeine or pseudo coloring.

Action Uses

Aperient, Nucilaginous. Externally anti-parasitic & germicide.

They consist of anodyne and maturate action. These are useful in healing skin-related diseases such as psoriasis, snakebite, and leprosy. It can also be used in place of coffee beans as its aroma is similar to coffee and in comparison with coffee, it contains less amount of caffeine.

Agriculture – Completed Utilization of Cassia Tora as Fodder & Feed:Ingredient for cultivable carps

To increase the production of fish in composite fish culture, the most significant requirement is of artificial feeding. To prepare artificial feed of carps, various ingredients from animal and plant origin are utilized. The production is nutritious, cheap, and profitable. Considering this aspect, Cassia tora seems acceptable as a feed component and a fodder. Cassia Tora is a weed of leguminous family which grows in India from May to October. Presently, the leaves are not much in use, even the cattle do not feed on these leaves. But it was found by the fishermen that in some regions of inland, carps feed on Cassia Tora.

Hence, there is a great opportunity for using the cassia tora weed as an important ingredient in the food of carps as well as can also be efficiently used as fodder. For the Ctenopharyngodonidella and phytophagous grass crap, this weed can be considered as nutritious as well as a cheap fodder.

On an analysis, it was recovered that based on dry weight, there is crude protein up to 25 to 30% and fat up to 7 to 10% on cassia Tora’s leaves. The plant is edible for about 30 to 40%. Bundles of cassia tora were provided too many grass carp yearlings to test the acceptability of the weed. It was concluded that apart from the mid-rib section of the leaf, the grass carp ingested the weed fully and readily.

The herb Cassia Tora Tea is a very healthy green beverage that is natural, pure, and non-polluted. It is used to refresh one’s eye-vision in Korea. The term “Coffee-Tea” is the term invented by Cassia Tora Tea because of its mouthful and mysterious taste. It can be used in place of coffee and various other sodas because it is made up of 100% Cassia Tora without any Caffeine or pseudo coloring.