What are the medicinal values ​​of Sophora japonica?

We all know that there are many categories of Chinese medicine prescriptions. We all know that Chinese medicine is varied and varied. Perhaps the inconspicuous plants around us are common Chinese medicines, but many people don’t know what the categories of Chinese medicine are. For example, what are the medicinal values ​​of Sophora japonica? Sophora japonica is also called Sophora japonica bean, which has the effects of relieving pain, dissipating heat, nourishing the liver and kidneys. So, what other medicinal values ​​does it have?

Effects of Sophora japonica:

Sophora japonica is also called Sophora fruit, Sophora seed, Sophora bean, Tiandou, and Sophora liandou. Sophora japonica has the effects of clearing heat and purging fire, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Sophora japonica is mainly used to treat intestinal heat, bloody stool, hemorrhoidal swelling and bleeding, liver heat, headache, dizziness and red eyes. People with weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite and loose stools, and pregnant women should be cautious when taking Sophora japonica beans.

Other names: Sophora japonica fruit, Sophora japonica seeds, Sophora japonica beans, Sophora japonica seeds, Sophora japonica beans, Sophora japonica horn ...

Honey-fried Sophora japonica horn: First, place the Sophora japonica horn in a pot and fry over low heat until it swells. Then spray in honey water and fry until the skin is shiny and no longer sticky. Take out and let cool. (For every 100 jin of Sophora japonica horn, use 5 jin of refined honey) Sophora japonica horn charcoal: Put the clean Sophora japonica horn in a pot, stir-fry over low heat until the surface is charred black and the inside is dark yellow, then take out and let cool.

Nature and flavor: cold; bitter.

Meridians: Liver and Large Intestine

Efficacy: Clears away heat and purges fire, cools blood and stops bleeding.

Indications: Used for intestinal heat, bloody stool, hemorrhoidal swelling and bleeding, liver heat, headache, dizziness and red eyes.

Dosage and Administration: For oral administration: decoct in water, 6-15g; or make into pills or powder; or mash the young horns into juice. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for washing; or grind into powder and mix with oil for application.

The role of Sophora japonica:

Sophora japonica tea is sweet and delicious with a long aftertaste. This tea has the effects of softening blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, relieving wind and heat, moistening the large intestine, cooling blood and relieving constipation. People who suffer from chest tightness, red and tearful eyes, dizziness, and hemorrhoid bleeding can benefit from drinking this tea regularly. It is particularly effective in lowering triglycerides, preventing and treating hemorrhoids.

Clears away heat, moistens the liver, cools blood and stops bleeding. It is used to treat intestinal bloody diarrhea, hemorrhoidal bleeding, metrorrhagia, hematuria, bloody dysentery, chest tightness, dizziness, and itchy genital sores. Clears the fire in the heart, lungs, spleen, liver and large intestine. Treats heat and pain in the heart and abdomen. Nourishes the liver and blood. It can treat malnutrition, carbuncle, bloody diarrhea, and metrorrhagia; the kernel in its horn can nourish the brain and kill insects.

1. Sophora japonica seed is used to treat hematuria: 3 qian of Sophora japonica seed, 2 qian each of Plantago, Poria, and Akebia, and 7 fen of licorice. Decoction in water. (Yang's Simple Prescriptions)

2. Sophora japonica is used to treat metrorrhagia and leucorrhea in women: 8 liang of Sophora japonica seeds (washed with wine and fried), 4 liang of Salvia miltiorrhiza (mixed with vinegar and fried), 2 liang of Cyperus rotundus (soaked in urine of children and fried). Grind them into powder, add malt sugar and make into pills the size of walnuts. Carve five cents of it every morning and take it with rice soup. (The Treasure of Chen's Family)

What are the medicinal values ​​of Sophora japonica pods? First of all, in addition to its many effects in treating hemorrhoids and constipation, Sophora japonica pods themselves can clear away wind and dissipate heat, and have good effects on solving internal inflammation and irritability. Drinking tea made from Sophora japonica pods regularly can relieve dysmenorrhea, treat irregular menstruation, and promote defecation and urination. Do not consume too much Sophora japonica pods, as excessive consumption will also have an impact on the body.