Everyone must be familiar with radishes, but they must not know much about radishes. Radish seed, also known as radish seed, luobaizi, caitouzi, etc., is the mature seed of radish, a cruciferous plant. Radish is a widely cultivated crop all over the country. Entering the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, it can eliminate food and distension, with remarkable effect. It is known as "rushing against the wall and falling against the wall". It can be used to treat food stagnation, abdominal distention, constipation, stagnant diarrhea, phlegm, asthma and cough. However, semen Raphani pungent powder consumes Qi, so people with Qi deficiency, food accumulation and phlegm stagnation should use it with caution. It should not be used with ginseng. When the radish is mature in summer, the plants are harvested, dried, the seeds are rubbed out, the impurities are removed, and then dried. You can get semen Raphani. Semen Raphani can also significantly improve the symptoms of hypertension, which has been recorded in the herbal literature of all ages. According to traditional Chinese medicine, semen Raphani can open the lung qi, eliminate food and swelling, reduce Qi and phlegm, moisten the intestines and defecate, regulate the rise and fall of the whole Qi mechanism of the human body, so as to achieve the purpose of regulating blood pressure. Especially for those with digestive system diseases and respiratory system diseases accompanied by hypertension, semen Raphani is a necessary drug, and the effect is better. With the emergence of antihypertensive effect, ECG is significantly improved and cholesterol is also significantly reduced, which plays a certain protective role in preventing or reducing heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, coronary heart disease and kidney damage caused by hypertension. So why does a little radish seed work like this?

        Semen Raphani extract contains methyl mercaptan, erucic acid, linolenic acid, n-triacontane, erucic acid glyceride, flavonoid glycoside, raphanin, sinapine, anthocyanin, coumarin, etc. Semen Raphani mainly contains two antihypertensive components. Although their antihypertensive mechanisms are different, they can promote each other, which is in line with the requirements of the United Nations that hypertension should be treated in a variety of low-dose combinations. The main antihypertensive component of semen Raphani is sinapine thiocyanate. After taking semen Raphani, it can reduce blood pressure within a week. Generally, it reaches the peak of blood pressure in about a month, which can significantly improve the symptoms of hypertension, reduce cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein, and prevent thrombosis. The toxic and side effects caused by long-term use are also relatively small.Sinapine thiocyanate In addition to lowering blood pressure, it is also a natural antioxidant with good research value and application prospects.