Black Sesame Seed or Sesamum indicum L,benefits and applications...
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Data of Black Sesame.
- .Sesame Seed Description.
- .Constituents and Phytochemicals of Black Sesame.
- .Origin of Sesame.
- .Black Sesame Varieties and Grading,Qualities.
- .Properties,Functions and Applications of Black Sesame.
- .Black Sesame Dosage and Administration.
- .Modern Researches of Black Sesame.
- .Research Update:Black Sesame or Sesamum indicum L
Properties,Functions and Applications of Black Sesame.
Functions: Sweet in flavor, mild in nature, it is related to the liver, kidney and large intestine channels. Nourishes the liver, kidney, and all internal viscera, benefits qi and blood, produces yin (body fluid) and lubricates the intestines, promotes lactation.
Applications: Seseme seed benefits the body as a whole, especially the liver, kidney, spleen and stomach. Its high oil content lubricates the intestines and nourishes all the internal viscera. It also blackens one's hair, especially the black sesame. Hence, it is applied to white hair, habitual constipation, and insufficient lactation. Sesame oil is also helpful in treating intestinal worms like ascaris, tapeworm, etc.
Cosmetic properties:Anti-free radical, Moisturises, Nourishes, Regenerates
Sesame is an African plant, well-known for its oil-rich seeds. It was one of the earliest oil-producing plants to be cultivated and was of considerable importance to ancient civilisations. The oil has remarkable cosmetic properties, being very rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin E.
1.For general weakness and infirmity:
Use 30 g black sesame seeds and boil with 100 g sweet rice to make porridge. Add appropriate sugar after well done.
2.For dizziness due to deficient liver and kidney, and premature white hair:
Decoct black sesame seeds, Chinese wolfberry fruit and tuber of multiflower knotweed, each 15 g, and 9 g chrysanthemum in water for 15 minutes under slow fire. Drink the decoction once daily for a long period of 1-2 months.
3. For constipation due to drying intestines of the blood and yin (body fluid) insufficiency type, vertigo (an illusion of movement, a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient--objective vertigo--or as if he himself were revolving in space--subjective vertigo) and dizziness due to deficient liver and kidney:
a) Crush some walnut, and pulverize dry mulberry together with equal amount of black sesame seeds. Mix all ingredients with bee honey. Administer 2-3 teaspoonfuls, 3 times daily.
b) Used with Chinese angelica root, desert living cistanche, hemp seed, etc.
4.For chronic rhinitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose) with running nose:
Heat 20 ml. sesame oil. Drop few drops of cooled boiled oil to each nostril, thrice daily.
5.For toothache:
Boil 50 g sesame seeds in 500 ml water. Use the solution for gargling.
6.For promoting lactation:
Bake sesame seeds to brown and grind into powder. Eat as one likes.
7.For poor eye-sight and early greying of hair due to insufficiency of liver and kidney blood:
Sesame seed could be used alone, or it could be used with mulberry leaves, prepared Rehmannia root, glossy privet fruit, eclipta, etc.
8.For Baldness or Hairloss:Black Sesame and Foti
Black sesame seed is a very good tonic herb. It builds Yin Jing, and therefore it is a longevity herb. In addition to its essence-building capacity, Black Sesame also builds blood. It acts in much the same way as Polygonum. Black sesame seed is moistening to the intestines and helps move the bowels. It prevents and relieves constipation due to dryness of the intestines. Black sesame seed is extremely rich in calcium, containing 85 milligrams per gram of seeds. It is also high in protein, phosphorous, iron and magnesium.Combined Black Sesame with Polygonum to keep the hair youthful and dark
9.Longevity herb Black Sesame:
Black sesame seed is a very good tonic herb. It builds Yin Jing, and therefore it is a longevity herb. In fact, Polygonum, when it is dug up from the ground, is boiled in Black sesame seed soup, which is why Polygonum is dark brown. Raw Polygonum is nearly white underneath its thin, dark skin. To build essence (Yin Jing), Sesame may be combined with Lycium, Polygonum, Ligustrum, Steamed Rehmannia, Eucommia, Placenta or any other combination of Jing tonics.
10.Intestines and move the bowels:
Black sesame seed is moistening to the intestines and helps move the bowels. It prevents and relieves constipation due to dryness of the intestines. It is combined with Dang Gui, Cistanche, Polygonum and Biota to achieve the best result.Combine with Hemp seed and Dang Gui to tonify the yin of the intestines and to promote healthy bowel movements.
11.Peanut and Black Sesame:Boost Breast size
Peanut and Black sesame rich in Vitamin E,prompt the mature growth of ovary,increase amount of mature oocyte,stimulate the secretion of estrogen,thus enlarge the galactophore canal growth and enlarge breast size.Antioxidant from sesame release strong anti aging effects and plays as good remedy for women.
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