What are the effects and functions of Chinese honeylocust seeds

Chinese honeylocust seeds, also known as snow lotus seeds, honeylocust kernels, honeylocust essence, etc., are the fruit of the leguminous plant Chinese honeylocust (Gleditsia sinensis). They are a high-energy, high-carbohydrate, low-protein, low-fat food and contain plant dietary fiber. They have effects such as nourishing the heart and promoting blood circulation, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and have therapeutic effects on severe constipation, bloody stools due to intestinal wind, tenesmus in dysentery, hernia, scrofula, swelling and toxins, sores and ringworm, etc. Now let us take a look at the effects and functions of Chinese honeylocust seeds!

Medicinal effects of Chinese honeylocust seeds

[Nature and flavor] Pungent in flavor, warm in nature, toxic.

[Meridian tropism] Lung meridian, large intestine meridian

[Effects] Moistens dryness and relieves constipation, dispels wind and reduces swelling. Mainly treats severe constipation, bloody stools due to intestinal wind, tenesmus in dysentery, hernia, scrofula, swelling and toxins, sores and ringworm.

Related discussions on Chinese honeylocust seeds

1. "Mingyi Bielu": Chinese honeylocust, grows in the river valleys of Yongzhou and Zou County of Lu. Those shaped like pig teeth are superior. Harvest the pods in the ninth and tenth months, and dry them in the shade.

2. "Bencao Tujing": Chinese honeylocust is now found everywhere, and those from Huai and Meng prefectures are the best. The tree can be extremely tall. There are three types. Physicians make wind-dispelling qi pills and decoctions, mostly using long Chinese honeylocust, for treating teeth and for accumulation-removing medicines.

3. "Benjing Fengyuan": According to the large and small Chinese honeylocust, what they treat is slightly different. For treating wind-phlegm, the small Chinese honeylocust is the most effective; if treating damp-phlegm, the large Chinese honeylocust is superior.

How to eat Chinese honeylocust seeds

1. Make porridge: Take an appropriate amount of honeylocust kernels, wash them clean, soak in warm water for 2-3 hours, then cook together with foods you like (such as glutinous rice, peanuts, jujubes, coix seed, lotus seeds, mung beans, etc.) into a thin porridge, add sugar and it is ready to eat.

2. Stew plainly: For each person, take 5 honeylocust kernels, wash them clean, soak in warm water for 2-3 hours, put them into a plate together with the soaking liquid, stew them cooked in a pot, then add 2-3 times cold boiled water, and add sugar and honey before eating.

3. Stew soup: For each chicken, use 10-15 grams of honeylocust kernels, wash them clean, cook them directly with chicken meat or pork ribs until done, add edible salt and eat. It can promote the free flow of breast milk in postpartum women.

4. Brew and drink: Take 15-20 honeylocust kernels, wash them clean, put them into an eight-pound thermos, pour in freshly boiled water, and after 6 hours add sugar and it is ready to eat.

Medicinal prescriptions of Chinese honeylocust seeds

1. To treat wind-type constipation of the large intestine: 300 Chinese honeylocust seeds. Break them into two pieces, stir-fry over slow fire until dry, add a date-sized amount of butter, stir-fry until dry again, then add butter again until charred black, grind into powder, and make honey pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 30 pills each time, with a decoction of tribulus fruit and spine date seed, taken on an empty stomach. If there is still no bowel movement after a long while, take again, gradually increasing to 100 pills, with free movement as the standard.

2. To treat bloody stools due to intestinal wind: Chinese honeylocust seeds and sophora fruit, one liang each. Stir-fry with sticky millet chaff until fragrant, remove the chaff and grind into powder. Take one qian with aged millet water.

3. To treat tenesmus: Aurantium fruit and Chinese honeylocust seeds in equal parts. Stir-fry until dry and grind into powder, make pills with rice water, the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 30 pills each time on an empty stomach with rice water.

4. To treat unending dysentery: Roast Chinese honeylocust seeds on a tile and grind into powder, make pills with rice paste, the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 40-50 pills each time with aged tea.

5. To treat wind pain of the waist and legs, inability to step on the ground: Chinese honeylocust seeds. Wash clean, simmer with a little butter until fragrant and grind into powder, make honey pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 30 pills each time on an empty stomach with a decoction of tribulus seeds and spine date seeds.

6. To treat scrofula covering the neck without breaking, and swelling with pain: 300 uninfested Chinese honeylocust seeds, one and a half sheng of wine, dissolve one liang of sal ammoniac, soak the honeylocust seeds together for seven days, then simmer with gentle and strong fire until done, with the wine fully reduced as the standard. Each time before sleeping, hold and dissolve three seeds in the mouth.

7. To treat scrofula formed by qi toxin, with swelling hard as stone and pain: Chinese honeylocust seeds one liang (burned to ash), white oak bark powder one liang. Grind together until fine, and each time before meals take two qian mixed with warm wine.

8. To treat all kinds of boil swelling: Take the kernels of Chinese honeylocust seeds, grind into powder and apply.