Chinese Herbal Medicine Database

Constipation due to deficiency of blood and intestinal fluid

Research Findings

• The co-supplemented hemp seed and evening primrose oils with Hot nature diet can have beneficial effects in improving clinical symptoms and signs in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients[1]
• Hemp Seed Pill is safe and effective for alleviating functional constipation for subjects in excessive syndrome. [2]

It contains muscarine and choline. Take it in large amounts (60 -120g) can cause poisoning

Initial manifestations are digestive symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Nervous system symptoms include numbness of limbs, restlessness. Serious symptoms include delirium, flailing of the limbs, decrease of blood pressure, drowsiness and coma, convulsions

Reference

1. Rezapour-Firouzi S, Arefhosseini SR, Ebrahimi-Mamaghani M, Baradaran B, Sadeghihokmabad E, Mostafaei S, Torbati M, Chehreh M. (2015). Alteration of delta-6-desaturase (FADS2), secretory phospholipase-A2 (sPLA2) enzymes by Hot-nature diet with co-supplemented hemp seed, evening primrose oils intervention in multiple sclerosis patients. Complement Ther Med. , 23(5):652-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Jul 17.
2. Cheng CW, Bian ZX, Zhu LX, Wu JC, Sung JJ. (2011). Efficacy of a Chinese herbal proprietary medicine (Hemp Seed Pill) for functional constipation. Am J Gastroenterol. , 106(1):120-9. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.305. Epub 2010 Nov 2.
3. 尹燕霞、吳和珍、魏群 (2003)。<火麻仁的研究進展>。中國中醫藥信息雜誌，6。