Can pregnant women eat cassia seeds?

　　Cassia seeds are the mature seeds of the leguminous plants Cassia and Cassia minor. Cassia is an annual semi-shrublike herb that grows on hills, roadsides, and under sparse forests on hillsides. It is cultivated or wild in all provinces in the north and south of my country; Cassia cassia grows on hillsides and riversides, and is distributed in North China, Central South, Southwest and Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Shanxi and other places. Cultivated or wild.

　　Harvest when the fruits mature and the pods turn yellowish-brown in late autumn. Cut off the whole plant and dry it in the sun, lay the seeds, remove impurities, and then dry it in the sun.

　　1. Cassia is slightly prismatic or short cylindrical, with both ends parallel and sloping, 3 to 7 mm long and 2 to 4 mm wide. The surface is green-brown or dark brown, smooth and shiny. One end is relatively flat, and the other end is obliquely pointed. There is a protruding ridge on the dorsal and ventral surfaces, and there is an obliquely symmetrical and lighter linear groove on both sides of the ridge. It is hard and not easily broken. The seed coat is thin, with 2 cotyledons, yellow, bent and overlapping in an "S" shape. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.

　　2. Cassia minor is short cylindrical, smaller, 3 to 5 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. There is a broad light yellowish-brown band on each side of the surface ridge.

　　The ones with plump seeds and green-brown color are the best.

　　Edible effect

　　Cassia seeds are sweet, bitter and salty in taste, slightly cold in nature, and belong to the liver, kidney and large intestine meridians;

　　Moisturizing in texture, it can rise or fall; it has the effects of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the intestines and laxative;

　　Indications: red and painful eyes, blurred vision, excessive tearing, blue blindness, bird's eye, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, big eyes constipate Nodules, edema, difficulty in urination, sores, ringworm and leprosy.

　　Applicable people

　　People with spleen deficiency and loose stools should take it with caution.