| English
Name |
| Hemp
Seed |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Hemp
Seed is the dried ripe fruit of Cannabis sativa L.
(Fam. Moraceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and distributed to the
Spleen, Stomach and the large Intestine Channels |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a cool and dry place, protected from heat and moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Ovoid.
4-5.5 mm long, 2.5-4 mm in diameter. Externally grayish-green
or grayish-yellow, with fine and white or brown reticulations,
ribbed at both sides, somewhat acute at the apex, with round
fruit stalk scar at the base. Pericarp thin and brittle, easily
broken. Testa green, cotyledons 2, milky-white and oily. Odour,
slight; taste, weak.
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ACTION |
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To moisten
intestines and cause laxation. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Constipation
due to deficiency of blood and intestinal fluid. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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Moistening
and loosening the bowels, replenishing body fluid and nourishing
Yin
To treat
constipation due to dryness and heat of the intestine and
stomach of the old man or those with weak constitution, it
is often used with Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Fructus Aurantii
Immaturus, etc; to treat constipation due to postnatal blood
deficiency or senial age, with Herba Cistanchis, Radix Angelicae
Sinensis, etc.
Besides,
it can be used in treating habitual constipation or constipation
due to hemorrhoids.
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TIPS |
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Every
part is usedin medicine; the stalk is diuretic; the oil is demulcent
for dry throat; the male flowers are used in wind-injury and
menstrual disorders; the resinous female flowers are slightly
poisonous, are stimulant to the central nervous disorders; used
in excess, remarks Li Shizhen, the latter will induce '' hallucinations
and and unsteady gait.'' |
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