Medicinal value of bitter bean

Sophora flavescens is a very common medicinal root food in daily life. It has high nutritional value for our human body and is also a food that is easy to buy. People often use beans and grains to maintain their health. In addition to its edible value, people are also very concerned about whether bitter beans have medicinal value. We need to know the properties of bitter beans before we can analyze its medicinal value.

Bitter beans are not beans, but they are indeed good for the human body. So where does the pharmacological effect of bitter beans manifest itself? We need to understand the properties of bitter beans before we can understand it clearly. The medicinal value of bitter beans requires professional consultation to understand.

Introduction

Sophora alopecuroides is the dried whole herb and seeds of the legume plant Sophora alopecuroides. Most of its branches are broom-shaped; the leaves are alternate, rectangular, and gray-green in color; the inflorescence is terminal and the flowers are densely grown; the seeds are oval and light yellow. The harvesting period of the whole herb of bitter bean is summer, and the seed harvesting period is spring. The main producing areas are Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other places.

Basic Information

Characteristics of Chinese Medicine

1. Treat damp-heat diarrhea

Sophora flavescens tastes bitter and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, removing dampness and stopping diarrhea.

2. Treat eczema and stubborn ringworm

Sophora flavescens has the effects of clearing heat, drying dampness and killing insects, and is used to treat symptoms of dampness and heat such as eczema.

3. Treat boils and ulcers

Sophora alopecuroides is poisonous, but the right amount of it can fight poison with poison and can be used to treat symptoms such as heat sores and ulcers.

Cooking method

Grinding bitter beans into powder to make flower cakes and pastries can save more time.

When making flower cakes, bitter beans, flour and sesame are fried in hot oil for a while to release the aroma.

How to eat

Dosage of bitter beans: bitter beans are poisonous and should not be consumed in excess, no more than 10 grams each time.

Sophora flavescens can be used to decoct medicine or ground into powder and taken with water. It can clear away heat and kill insects.

Bitter beans can be used to make flower cakes, pastries, etc., which have a special taste.

Life hacks

Medicinal recipes of bitter beans:

Treat eczema: Use 10% ointment mixed with bitter bean distilled oil for external application;

Treat excessive leucorrhea: Take 10-15 raw bitter bean seeds. Do not bite them when taking them. Take once a day.

For treating boils and ulcers: Grind an appropriate amount of bitter beans, add water to boil the decoction and use it to wash the affected area. After washing, bandage it with sterile gauze.

Considering the above medicinal value, bitter beans have many benefits for the human body, and people can use them in many ways and for many purposes. Usually, the pharmacological effects of bitter beans can be used to treat various diseases that people need, but professional consultation is required before consumption.