Celosia seeds is be of great help in treating eye disorders

What are celosia seeds(Qing Xiang Zi)?
Medicinally it mainly refers to the dried ripe seeds from Celosia argentea L., one of ornamental and edible plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Other names of celosia argentea include the silver cock’s comb and plumed cockscomb and celosia argentea seed is also known as Semen Celosiae in Latin. For ornamental purpose, people gather or buy celosia seeds for growing celosia from seed. In China it is produced in central and southern provinces. The plant is reaped or the ear is collected in autumn when the fruits are ripe. And then, it needs to dry them in the sun, gather celosia seeds, and remove the impurities. Medicinally it is used raw.

Celosia argentea is an annual herb, up to 1 meter in height. Erect stem is green or reddish purple and with longitudinal stripes. Alternate leaves are lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 5 to 9cm long, and 1 to 3cm wide. Many and dense celosia flowers form cylindrical tower or spikes at the end of stems and branches. Spica is acrogenous or axillary; bracts, bracteoles and tepals are membranous and reddish or white later; bracts are 3; tepals are 5; stamens are 5 and the lower filaments grow like a cup; ovary is superior and stigma is 2-lobed. Utricle is oval. Seeds are flat, round, black, and shiny. Flowering time is from May to July and fruit time is from August to September.
Celosia argentea seeds contain about 15% fatty oil, 30.8% starch, about 14μg/g niacin, and a wealth of potassium nitrate. And the fatty oil contained in seeds is called celosia oil.

Celosia seeds health benefits
Clinical research confirms that this herb can be of great help in many diseases, especially on treating eye disorders and lowering high blood pressure.

(1). 5 cases of hypertension, an average of 160 to 230/100 to 135mmHg (21.28 to 30.59/13.3 to 17.955kPa), were ever treated with the decoction of 30 grams celosia seed, which was finished in 3 times daily. One week after the administration, blood pressure dropped to 125 to 145/78 to 90mmHg (16.625 to 19.285/10.374 to 11.97kPa).

(2). 156 cases of pinkeye were ever treated with the celosia seed-based formulas, 1 dose each day. And the results were fairly satisfactory.