Effects of Sophora japonica twigs boiled in water

Sophora japonica is a relatively common tree. Its branches have certain medicinal value and can be used as traditional Chinese medicine. It is also a dye. In terms of medical treatment, it has the effect of clearing the liver and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying. It can play a certain therapeutic and health-care effect on convulsions in children. It also has a good effect in preventing and treating leucorrhea in women.

Function and indications

1. Sophora japonica leaves

Clears the liver and reduces fire; cools the blood and detoxifies; dries dampness and kills insects. It is used to treat epilepsy in children, high fever, intestinal wind, hematuria, hemorrhoids, eczema, scabies, carbuncles and furuncles. [3]

2. Sophora japonica

Disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding; clear away heat and dry dampness; dispel wind and kill parasites. It is used to treat metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, hemorrhoids, scrotal itching, heartache, red eyes, and scabies. [4]

3. Sophora japonica root

Disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling; kill insects. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids, throat paralysis and ascariasis. [5]

4. Sophora japonica (fruit)

Cools blood and stops bleeding; clears the liver and improves eyesight. It is used to treat hemorrhoid bleeding, intestinal bleeding, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, hematuria, vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat, red eyes due to liver heat, and dizziness.

Additional prescription

1. Sophora japonica leaves

① "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy": It can treat evil spirits, difficult childbirth, and fatal injuries. It also treats urticaria and toothache caused by wind.

② "Bencao Gangmu": Decocted in water, it can treat infantile epilepsy, high fever, scabies and carbuncle.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": Grind into powder after drying in the shade, treat all kinds of blood in urine and stool, or hemorrhoid pain, pus and blood, boil the wick in water and drink. [3]

2. Sophora japonica

① Treat metrorrhagia or leukoplakia, regardless of age or recent age: burn Sophora japonica seeds to ashes, take one inch of it with wine before meals. ("Meishi Ji Yan Fang")

②Treat hemorrhoids: Boil Sophora japonica twigs into a thick soup, use it to wash the hemorrhoids first, then use moxa to moxibustion the hemorrhoids for seven times, until you feel the pain. (The Way to Spread the Message)

③To treat nine kinds of heartache: Take a handful of new locust branches, remove both ends. Chop into small pieces, add three liters of water, boil until one liter remains, and drink it all at once. (Qian Jin Fang) ④ Treat severe wind paralysis and arthritis: boil the young shoots of Sophora japonica and make wine to drink. (Sophora japonica wine from Tang Materia Medica) [4]

3. Sophora japonica root

①To treat five types of hemorrhoids: Boil the roots of Sophora japonica and wash them with it. (Yao Sengtan's Collection of Effective Prescriptions)

②Treatment of hemorrhoids in women: 2 liang of Sophora japonica root and 2 liang of Pueraria lobata fungus. Stewed pig intestines. (Chongqing Herbal Medicine) [5]

Ornamental value

Sophora japonica is a common specialty tree species used in courtyards. It has dense branches and leaves and provides a canopy of green shade, making it a suitable shade tree for courtyards. It is often used as a street tree in northern China. It is also very suitable to be planted in parks, around buildings, residential areas and on lawns. Sophora japonica should be planted in pairs or rows in front of the door, or alone next to pavilions or rocks. It can also be used for greening industrial and mining areas. The flowers are beautiful in summer and autumn, and it is an excellent nectar plant. The flower buds can be used as dye, the pulp can be used as medicine, and the seeds can be used as feed. It is also a wind-breaking and sand-fixing tree species, and can be used as both a timber and economic forest. It is a good shade tree and street tree species in urban and rural areas, and has a strong resistance to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine.