⛩️Kampo / Japanese Medicine
Cassia Seed (Ketsumeishi)
Senna obtusifolia
About Cassia Seed (Ketsumeishi)
Cassia Seed (Ketsumeishi) (Senna obtusifolia) is a herb used in the Kampo / Japanese Medicine tradition to help with Eye Health, Constipation, High Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol. The seeds are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Senna obtusifolia (Chinese senna, American sicklepod or sicklepod) is a legume in the genus Senna, sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Diallobus. It grows wild in North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and is considered a particularly serious weed in many places. It has a long-standing history of confusion with Senna tora and that taxon in many sources actually refers to the present species.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Seeds · internal