The efficacy and function of soapberry

Soapberry is a plant that can be used as both a medicinal herb and a cleaning product. If used as a medicinal material, soapberry can be used to treat double and single goose throat, goose throat, asthma, worm indigestion, toothache, Trichomonas vaginitis and other diseases. In addition, soapberry can also dispel wind and improve eyesight, wash the face and remove spots, etc. It is also widely used in clinical medicine. Below, this article will introduce the effects and functions of soapberry in detail.

【Function and indications】

Clears away heat, eliminates phlegm, eliminates accumulation and kills insects. It is used to treat sore and swollen throat, cough and asthma, food stagnation, leucorrhea, malnutrition, sores, and swelling. Used for diphtheria, seminal vesiculopathy, stranguria and frequent urination. Clears away heat, eliminates phlegm, eliminates accumulation and kills insects. Throat swelling and pain, cough and asthma, food stagnation, leucorrhea, malnutrition, sores, ringworms, and swelling.

① "Essentials of Raw Herbal Medicines": "Stop bleeding; stew and eat to kill insects and remove greasiness; boil and apply plaster to dispel wind, reduce swelling, and remove toxins."

② "Guangxi Chinese Medicine Records": "burn the ashes, grind them into powder and blow them into the throat to treat hoarseness."

③ "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam's Efficacy and Function Plant Records": "It can treat various throat diseases, colds and fevers, whooping cough, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, and infantile malnutrition."

【Additional prescription】

①To treat single and double goose throat: 3 grams of Ampelopsis pilosula and 3 grams of Herba Phragmites australis, decocted and taken orally.

②Treat goose throat: 2 qian of soapberry, 1.5 qian of alum, 6 fen of plum slices, grind into very fine powder and blow into the throat. In severe cases, the efficacy and effect of musk can be reduced by one point.

③Treat asthma: Calcined soapberry ash, take with boiled water, 6 fen for children each time, 2 qian for adults each time, once a day, for several days. (① The following prescription is from "Lingnan Herbal Medicine")

④Treatment of food stagnation caused by worms: Take five to seven soapberries, stew them until cooked, and eat once a day for several days. (Commonly used herbal medicines among the people of Guangxi)

⑤Treat thick psoriasis: Take appropriate amount of soapberry, boil it with good vinegar, and apply it to the affected area while it is hot. (Lingnan Herbal Medicine)

⑥Treatment of swollen and painful teeth: 1 liang of Sapindus mukorossi, 1 liang each of Rhubarb and Cyperus rotundus, 0.5 liang of green salt, calcine and grind into mud, and use it to brush teeth daily. (Puji Fang)

⑦Remove wind and improve eyesight. Use soapberry peel, saponin, Hu cake, and calamus, pound them together, add starch water to make them into marble size, take them to soak in water and wash your hair, which can remove wind and improve eyesight.

⑧Wash your face to remove spots. Mash the soapberry, add white flour and make it into pills. Use them to wash your face every day to remove dirt and spots. It is very effective.

⑨Zi Zhong Ren: swollen and painful teeth. Use one liang of fat beads, one liang each of rhubarb and cyperus rotundus, and half a liang of green salt. Seal them with soil, calcine them with fire, and grind them into powder. Use it to brush your teeth every day.

【Clinical Application】

For the treatment of trichomoniasis vaginitis: Take 1 jin of washed and peeled soapberries and add 1000 ml of water to boil into a concentrated liquid. Take 50-100 ml each time and dilute it with 1000 ml of warm water. Irrigate the vagina as usual, once a day, for 7-10 days as a course of treatment. At the same time, take Chinese medicine internally to clear away heat and dampness. All 10 cases were treated and tested negative for Trichomonas after one course of lavage. Five cases were followed up for 2 to 3 months without recurrence; one case recurred 2 months later and was still effectively treated.