This product is the root of the leguminous perennial deciduous subshrub plant Sophora (Sophora flavescens Ait.). Produced in all parts of the country. Harvested in spring and autumn, sliced, dried and used raw.

[Property]

bitter, cold. act on heart, liver, stomach, large intestine and bladder channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and drying dampness, killing worms and diuresis.

[Indications]

1. Used for dampness-heat diarrhea and jaundice red urine. This product is bitter and cold, and has the functions of clearing heat and drying dampness. It is used to treat dampness-heat in the colon and stomach, abdominal pain diarrhea, and diarrhea, pus and blood. It can be used alone or in combination with Aucklandia Root; it can be used to treat dampness-heat bloody stool, bloody defecation, and blood. For hemorrhoids bleeding, it can be used together with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root Huang, such as Sophora Rehmannia Pills; it can treat warm and hot steaming, jaundice and red urine. This product can not only clear heat and drying dampness, but also clear heat and diuresis. It is used to remove dampness-heat and is often used with Gardenia and Gentian. It has a good effect of removing dampness-heat and reducing jaundice relaxation.
2. Used for leukorrhea pruritus vuluae, eczema, scabies, and dysuria. This product clears dampness-heat in lower energizer and promotes urination, so that dampness-heat can be excreted from urine. It can also kill worms and stop itching. Used to treat dampness-heat pouring down, yellow color of leukorrhea, swelling of vulva pruritus vuluae, and eczema, cutaneous pruitus. It is often used together with Phelloendron Bark and Cnidium Fruit. It can be taken internally or externally; to treat scabies, it can be mixed with alum and Sulfur to make ointment and applied to the affected area; to treat pregnancy and difficulty in urination, it can be used with Chinese Angelica, Fritillaria Bulb can be used together to nourish blood, nourish qi, clear away heat and diuresis, such as Angelica, Fritillary and Sophora Pill; treat dampness-heat, bladder, and urination. Unfavorable, burning and astringent pain, can be used together with Dandelion, Pyrrosia Leaf and other medicines.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "It governs the Qi knot of the heart and abdomen, abdominal mass, jaundice, and there is residual drainage from drowning. It drives away water and removes carbuncle."
2. Bielu

   [Usage and Dosage]

   Decoct and take, 3~10g. Appropriate amount for external use.

   [Precaution]

   This product should not be used or should be used with caution if it is bitter and cold and hurts the stomach, or is damaged by yin, deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach, or yin deficiency. Counter false hellebore .

   [Modern Pharmacology]

   This product contains various alkaloids such as Sophora base, Hydroxy Sophora base, Methylinidine, Stinkylinine, etc. Also contains flavonoids.

   1. Sophora, Sophora base, Sophora flavonoids, etc. all have anti-arrhythmic effects.
   2. Sophora can increase coronary flow, protect myocardial ischemia and lower blood lipids;
   3. Total alkali can also prevent leukopenia and resist radiation.
   4. The alcohol extract has a killing effect on vaginal trichomonas and amoeba. Decoction has an inhibitory effect on subcutaneous node bacilli, dysentery bacilli, Staphylococcus aureus, large intestine bacilli, and has an inhibitory effect on a variety of skin fungi.
   5. It also has diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, analgesic, antiasthmatic, and dispelling phlegm effects.