| Origin |
The dried flowers and flower buds of Sophora japonica L., a leguminous plant.
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| Function and treatment |
Cooling the blood to stop bleeding and clearing fire from the liver. It is used for treating intestinal wind and blood in stool, hemorrhoids, blood in urine, hematochezia, epistaxis, red and white dysentery, wind-heat and red eyes, carbuncle and sore poison. It is also used to prevent strokes. |
| Origin and best harvesting period |
It grows on mountain slopes, plains or in gardens. It is distributed in most parts of China. And Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Liaoning and other places as the main production areas. Harvest in summer when the flowers open or buds are formed, dry in time and remove branches, stems and impurities. |
