Black Sesame (Hei Zhi Ma)
Sesamum indicum
About Black Sesame (Hei Zhi Ma)
Black Sesame (Hei Zhi Ma) (Sesamum indicum) is a herb used in the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist Herbal Medicine traditions to help with Hair Loss, Constipation, Aging, and Bone Health, among 4 other conditions it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Sesame (/ˈsɛsəmiː/; Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods or "buns". The world harvested 6.2 million metric tonnes of sesame seeds in 2014, with Tanzania, India, and Sudan as the largest producers.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist