Spinach Seeds, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. These are the seeds of Spinacia oleracea L., a plant in the genus Spinacia of the Chenopodiaceae family. Native to Iran, they are widely cultivated throughout China. They have the effects of clearing the liver and improving vision, as well as relieving coughs and alleviating wheezing. They are commonly used to treat redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes caused by wind-heat, as well as coughs and wheezing.
Spinach Seeds
Spinach Seeds, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. These are the seeds of Spinacia oleracea L., a plant in the genus Spinacia of the Chenopodiaceae family. Native to Iran, they are widely cultivated throughout China. They have the effects of clearing the liver and improving vision, as well as relieving coughs and alleviating wheezing. They are commonly used to treat redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes caused by wind-heat, as well as coughs and wheezing.
Chinese Name : 菠菜子
Aliases : Spinach Seeds
Nature, Flavor & Meridian Tropism : Sweet and slightly pungent in taste; slightly warm in nature. Enters the Spleen and Lung meridians.
Benefits & Efficacy
Benefits
It clears the liver, improves vision, and relieves cough and wheezing.
Indications
Used for redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes caused by wind-fire, as well as cough and wheezing.
Usage and Dosage
Internal use: Decocted as a soup, 9–15 g; or ground into powder.
Applications
Processing & Preparation
Harvesting & Processing
Harvest and process when seeds ripen in June–July; cut the aerial parts, thresh the fruits, remove impurities, and sun-dry or use fresh.
Crude Drug Identification
Botanical Information
Botanical Classification
Spinach (Amaranthus sp.), a plant of the Amaranthaceae family.
Morphological Characteristics
The plant can grow up to 1 meter tall and is non-powdery. The root is conical, reddish, and rarely white. The stem is erect, hollow, fragile, and succulent, unbranched or with few branches. The leaves are lanceolate to ovate, bright green, tender and succulent, slightly glossy, with entire margins or a few tooth-like lobes.Male flowers are arranged in globose corymbs, which in turn form discontinuous spicate panicles on the upper parts of the branches and stems; the perianth segments are usually 4 in number, the filaments are thread-like and flattened, and the anthers lack appendages; female flowers are clustered in the leaf axils; the bracteoles are slightly flattened on both sides, with two small teeth remaining at the apex, and usually bear one spiny appendage on the back;the ovary is globose, with 4 or 5 protruding stigmas. The capsule is ovate or nearly circular, approximately 2.5 mm in diameter, and laterally compressed; the pericarp is brown.