This product is the root of vietnamese sophora root (Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep.), a creeping dwarf shrub of the leguminous family. Produced in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. It can be harvested throughout the year, preferably in autumn. Wash the soil, dry it in the sun, and slice it into pieces for raw use. This product is also known as vietnamese sophora root.

[Property]

bitter, cold. act on lung and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx and reducing swelling.

[Indications]

1. Used for heat toxin accumulation and sore throat. This product is Great Cold (24th solar term), has the functions of clearing heat and removing toxin, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx and reducing swelling. It is an important medicine for treating sore throat. For mild cases, this product can be used alone, decocted with water or gargled; for severe cases, Scrophularia Root, Isatis Root, Belamcanda Rhizome and other drugs to enhance the efficacy.
2. For gum swelling and pain. This product is Great Cold (24th solar term), enters the stomach meridian, and clears stomach fire. Therefore, it can also be used for gum swelling and pain, mouth sores and other symptoms caused by gastric fire inflammation. You can use the decoction alone to rinse your mouth, or Same as Gypsum, Coptis Rhizome, Cimicifuga Rhizome, Peony Bark.
3. In addition, this product can also be used for dampness-heat jaundice, lung heat cough, carbuncle and sore. In recent years, it has a certain effect on leptospirosis and early lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, bladder cancer, etc. It is often used in combination with Dyers Woad leaves and Liquorice Root to treat leptospirosis; it is often used in combination with Hedyotis and Liquorice Root to treat cancer. YAO L>Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb combination of medicinals. This product also has certain effects on chronic persistent hepatitis.

[Documentation]

1. Kaibao Bencao: "Relieve dermatitis medicamentosa, relieve pain, eliminate sores and swelling, treat jaundice fever and cough in humans and horses, and kill small insects."
2. Bencao Tujing: "The root is used, and today people cut it into pieces and hold it. It is excellent for relieving swelling and pain in the throat." For wind-heat, swallowing the throat juice can relieve sore throat, tooth swelling and toothache."

[Usage and Dosage]

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

[Precaution]

This product is very bitter (24th solar term). Overdose may easily cause side effects such as vomiting, diarrhea, chest tightness, palpitation, etc., so the dosage should not be too large. Use with caution if you are deficient-cold of spleen and stomach.

This product contains Sophora base, oxidized Sophora base, stinkyline and methylcytisine. In addition, it also contains a variety of flavonoids, such as rosewoodin, rhodonin, etc. vietnamese sophora root has anti-cancer effects, and the Sophora base and oxidized Sophora base contained in it have inhibitory effects on experimental tumors such as fleshy tumor -180 and Yoshida fleshy tumor abdominal retention of water liver cancer; vietnamese sophora root methylene blue test tube method has an inhibitory effect on leukemia cells It has an inhibitory effect: it inhibits gastric acid secretion, has a significant repairing effect on experimental ulcer, has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Epidermophyton floccosum and Candida albicans, and also increases white blood cells and has anti-arrhythmic effects.

Asiatic Moon seed Rhizome: The rhizome of Asiatic Moon seed Rhizome (Menispermym dayricym DC.), a perennial vine of the Stephania Tetrandra family, is commonly used in the north. This product has similar effects to vietnamese sophora root. In addition to removing toxin disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx and treating sore throat, it has been found in recent years that it also has antihypertensive, antitussive, dispelling phlegm and anti-cancer effects. Mainly contains kudzu alkaline.