What are the effects and functions of Gleditsia sinensis?

When people feel unwell, or are invaded and injured by some diseases, they need to use drug therapy to treat and regulate their body. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history and is highly trusted and recognized by people. Due to its variety, good efficacy and small side effects, it will not bring too much stimulation and trouble to people. However, it must be used correctly. So what are the effects and functions of soapberry thorn?

【Nature and flavor】

Pungent, warm.

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Spicy, warm, non-toxic."

"Medical Collection": "Spicy, salty, warm."

"Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records": "It is warm in nature, pungent in taste, and slightly toxic."

【Function and indications】

Soapberry thorn has the effects of reducing swelling and discharging pus, disinfecting and draining pus, searching for wind and killing insects. Soapberry thorn is also known as soapberry thorn, soapberry thorn, Tianding, soapberry needle, soap needle. Soapberry thorn is the thorn of the soapberry plant of the Leguminosae family. Soapberry thorn is mainly used to treat carbuncle, swelling, sore, rash, stubborn ringworm, postpartum lack of milk, retained placenta, and leprosy.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Boil rice vinegar with young needles and make a thick decoction to apply to sores and ringworms."

Yang Shiying: "It can lead all medicines upward and treat upper-burner diseases."

"Compendium of Materia Medica Yanyi Buyi" says: "It can treat carbuncle that has already ulcerated and can lead to the ulcerated part."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat carbuncle, breast envy, leprosy, malignant sores, retained placenta, and kill parasites."

"Compendium of Materia Medica Chongyuan": "It can dispel wind and resolve phlegm, eliminate toxins and attack poisons. It can calm children's convulsions and convulsions, attack smallpox and turn toxins into pulp."

"Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records": "It can treat wind-heat sores and rashes, and promote lactation."

"Pharmacology": "Treats tonsillitis."

【Effects and indications】

Reduce swelling and discharge pus

Soap beans taste spicy, warm and salty, and have the effects of reducing swelling and removing toxins. The function of draining pus. "Bencao Huiyan" says: "Soapberry thorns can draw out poison and dispel wind." For carbuncles that have not yet formed, they can be used to dissipate them; for those that are about to burst, they can be used to draw out the head; for those that have already ulcerated, they can be used to drain the pus. It is the most important medicine among the drugs for ulcers and poisons, and it can also treat blood loss, stroke, heat and wind poison. Therefore, it is also recommended as the vanguard among wind drugs. ”

Searching for the wind and removing the poison

This product is pungent in nature and warm in nature. Pungent in nature, it can disperse, promote blood circulation and qi movement; warm in nature, it can expel wind, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It can relieve bloating and is often used for severe carbuncle, ringworm and other symptoms.

Regulating Qi

This medicine is pungent in nature and reduces temperature. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. It has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, warming the meridians and dredge collaterals, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and hastening the downward movement of the placenta. It is often used for symptoms such as retained placenta, milk retention, and amenorrhea.

The above article gives a clear introduction to the effects and functions of soapberry thorns, and I believe everyone has a clear idea of ​​it. As long as you can choose the right medicine according to your physical condition, no matter what kind of disease it is, you need to take the right medicine, and you also need to regulate your body in daily life.