Spinach Seeds are the seeds of the amaranth family plant spinach. Also known as prickly amaranth seeds or prickly spinach seeds, the above-ground parts are harvested when the seeds are mature in June or July, the fruits are removed, impurities are removed, and they are dried or used fresh. So what are the functions of spinach seeds? What are the precautions for use?
Spinach Seeds
Morphology of Plants and Animals
Annual herb. The whole plant is smooth, tender and watery.
The young roots are red. The stem is erect, hollow, and usually unbranched.
Leaves are alternate with long petioles;
The basal leaves and lower stem leaves are larger, and the upper stem leaves gradually become smaller, lanceolate or triangular-ovate, entire or with notches, and the leaves on the inflorescence become lanceolate.
The flowers are unisexual, with separate male and female plants;
Male flowers are arranged in interrupted spike-like panicles, terminal or axillary, with usually 4 perianth lobes, yellow-green, 4 stamens extending out, and anthers without appendages;
Female flowers are clustered on the leaves, without perianth, bracts folded longitudinally, fused into a flat tube, and small bracts usually have 2 teeth at the apex, with usually 1 spine-like appendage on the back;
The flowers are about 4, linear, slender, and the lower part is fused.
The fruit is hard with usually 2 horn-like spines, and the fruit skin is adherent to the seed coat.
The seeds are erect. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruit ripening period is in June.
Collection and Storage
When the seeds are mature in June or July, the above-ground parts are harvested, the fruits are removed, impurities are removed, and they are dried or used fresh.
Functions and Indications of Spinach Seeds
Spinach Seeds
It dispels wind, improves vision, opens the orifices, and promotes the function of the intestines and stomach. (The nature and taste are from "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica")
1. It is used to treat red and swollen eyes caused by wind and fire; it can relieve cough and asthma, improve vision, open the orifices, and promote the function of the intestines and stomach.
2. It has a unique effect in treating pulmonary tuberculosis, which troubles many patients. Long-term consumption of spinach seeds can effectively control pulmonary tuberculosis and asthma.
3. Regular consumption of spinach seed powder can prevent the occurrence of lung diseases.
Spinach seeds have the effect of nourishing the lungs, treating pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, cough, and clearing lung diseases.
Taking it together with cucumber seed powder has better effect, which can make your lungs healthier.
Precautions for the Use of Spinach Seeds
1. Not suitable for children to consume
Spinach Seeds
Although there are no significant side effects of consuming spinach seeds, it is better for children not to consume them,
because spinach seeds are relatively cool in nature, and children usually have poor digestive ability.
Consuming spinach seeds can easily cause discomfort in the spleen and stomach and indigestion, so children should avoid consuming them.
2. Not suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function
Spinach seeds can promote gastrointestinal motility and accelerate the body's metabolism.
For ordinary people, it can effectively prevent constipation and also has a certain weight loss effect.
However, for those with weak spleen and stomach or suffering from chronic gastritis, it will have significant side effects.
If these people consume spinach seeds, it will cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. Therefore, people with poor gastrointestinal function should not consume them.
