Sophora tonkinensis L

Sophora tonkinensis

(Kaibao materia medica)

[synonym] radix sophorae tonkinensis, Rhizoma huangjie (empirical formula), Radix Sophorae alopecuroides (manual of Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is mainly the root of the leguminous plant Sophora tonkinensis.

[plant morphology] broad bean root, also known as Robinia pseudoacacia.

Shrubs, erect or nearly prostrate, 1-2 m high. Roots usually 2-5, cylindrical, yellowish brown. Stem cylindrical, surface with grooves, densely pubescent, stem upper often zigzag bending. Leaflets 11-17, long (clumped ovate or ovate, 1-2.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, apex 1, leaflet larger, mostly elliptic, entire, dark green above, pubescent, gray brown below, densely gray brown pubescent; petiole short, densely pubescent. Raceme terminal; 12-15 cm long, densely short hairy; calyx broad campanulate, sparse hairy, with 5 triangular short teeth at the top; butterfly shaped corolla yellow white; stamen 10, anther dorsal, filament slender; pistil 1, ovary superior, cylindrical, style curved, stigma round, tufted villous. Pods purple black, beaded. The flowering period is from April to May.

Born at the foot of the stone mountain, or in the rock crack. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] from April to may or from August to September, the stems, leaves and fibrous roots were removed, washed and dried.

[herbal medicine] the dry root is irregular nodular, with stem base or stem scar on the top and several roots under it. The root is long cylindrical, sometimes branched, slightly curved, 10-36 cm long, 0.3-1 cm in diameter; the surface is brown to dark brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and transverse slightly protruding lenticels. It is hard and hard to break. The cross section is slightly flat and light brown, with a ring-shaped cambium and no medulla in the center. The breath is weak and the taste is bitter. It is better to be strong, big and powdery.

It is mainly produced in Guangxi.

In addition to the main broad bean roots mentioned above, there are several kinds of commercial mountain bean roots which are widely used

① Rhizoma Menispermi

It is the rhizome of Menispermaceae plant. It is used in Northeast China, North China, Shanxi, Shandong, Qinghai, Gansu and other places (see "Menispermaceae" and "Menispermaceae root").

② Potato root

It is the root and rhizome of the leguminous plants, such as Indigofera huatungensis, Indigofera multiflora, Indigofera Yichang, Indigofera sappan, Indigofera Shannxi and Indigofera huatungensis. It is used in Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places.

Properties of medicinal materials: the head of root is irregular block, the upper end often remains stem base or stem mark, and there are several roots under it. The roots are long cylindrical, sometimes divergent. It is slightly curved, 15-50 cm long, 4-10 mm in diameter, with grayish yellow or yellowish brown surface, long transverse pores and longitudinal wrinkles, occasionally transverse cracks, and sometimes scales peeling off of the embolus. It is hard and hard to break. Its cross section is yellowish white or light yellow. Its skin is fibrous and its center is pulpless. Weak Qi, bitter taste.

③ Yundougen

It is the root of lentils and the rhizome of Cimicifuga mono. It is used in Yunnan Province.

[processing] clean the impurities, divide the thickness into different grades, soak them in water, take them out, moisten them thoroughly, slice them and dry them in the sun.

Bitter, cold.

① Kaibao materia medica: "it tastes sweet, cold and nontoxic. "

② "MengXiBiTan? Yaoyi": "the taste is very bitter. "

③ Ben Cao Zheng: "it tastes bitter and cold. "

[Guijing] yaoyaofenji: "entering the heart, lung and large intestine. "

Functions and indications: clearing fire, detoxifying, detumescence and relieving pain. It is used to treat carbuncle of larynx, wind of larynx, arthralgia of larynx, swelling and pain of gingiva, wheezing and hot cough, jaundice, dysentery, hemorrhoids, heat swelling, alopecia, scabies, snake, insect and dog bites.

① "Kaibao Materia Medica" says: "it is mainly used to relieve all kinds of poisons and relieve pain. Xiaochuangudu, acute yellow fever cough, kill insects. "

② "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "contain to relieve sore throat. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind juice. External use: gargle or tamp.

[should avoid] it should not be taken for diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and stomach.

① According to the classic of materia medica: "don't take it if it's weak and cold. "

② "Ben Cao Hui": "those with spleen deficiency and diarrhea should not touch their lips. "

③ "To match the materia medica": "deficiency fire inflammation of the lung, sore throat prohibited. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat carbuncle in the throat: use radix sophorae tonkinensis, grind it with vinegar, and the saliva will heal immediately. If you are too strong to speak, sweep the chicken feather into the throat frequently to induce salivation. (Yonglei qianfang)

② For the treatment of acute laryngopathy, the teeth are tightly closed, and the water and valley are not lower: sophora root, Baiyao, etc. Water fried with water, swallow. (surgical prescriptions)

③ Treatment of heat and throat obstruction swelling and pain: one or two Sophora tonkinensis roots, half of Beidahuang, half of chuancimicifuga, half of Puerarin . For the end, refining honey pills, such as soap big. Each capsule is wrapped with a thin sponge, and contains pharyngeal fluid with less pain. (Shandougen pill in renzhaizhizhifang)

④ For the treatment of Taiyang and Shaoyin fire, it is caused by wind and cold, blocked pass, swollen throat, turbid sputum and saliva, and painful and embarrassing. Those who are meat geese are Belamcanda, Ophiopogon japonicus, pollen, licorice, Yuanshen and Shandougen. Take it in water. Shandougen soup

⑤ Treatment of toothache: a piece of Sophora tonkinensis root, contained in the pain.

⑥ Treat five kinds of acute yellow: bean root powder, hollow to water to take two money.

⑦ Cure also white dysentery: Mountain bean root, pound powder honey pill. Hollow, fried underwater 20 pills, three servings. (5) prepare for emergency prescription is listed below.)

⑧ Treatment of pharyngeal upper diaphragmatic heat toxin suffering from scrofula: sophora root, perilla leaf, file, decoction. Lying suit. (Ren Ji Zhi Zhi Zhi Fang Shandou Gen Fang)

⑨ Treatment of heat swelling: Sophora tonkinensis root, water research, thick juice, dry that is more coated.

⑩ Treatment of head wind, white dust on the head: bean root, mash, oil transfer coating.

(11) treatment of tinea: root of Sophora tonkinensis, mashed powder, and mixed with pig fat.

(12) cure cunbaichong: the root powder of Sophora tonkinensis is mixed with three coins of hollow hot wine.

Five kinds of hemorrhoids: sophora root, water research service.

(14) treatment of dog bites, fat Mayer sores, snake bites, spider bites, alopecia sores: sophora root, water application. (the following is the emergency preparation)

Clinical application: 1

Grind the root of Sophora tonkinensis into fine powder and sterilize it under high pressure. First, the cervix was disinfected with 1:1000 Bromogeramine, and then the erosion of cervix was smeared with cotton ball dipped in Radix Sophorae powder, once every 1-3 days, 10 times as a course of treatment. After a course of treatment, 156 cases were cured, 94 cases were improved and 70 cases were ineffective. The effective rate was 78.1%.

② Treatment of leptospirosis

Take 5 yuan of sophora root, 2 liang of Folium Isatidis and 5 yuan of raw licorice, soak them in 4 times of water for half a day, fry them twice, combine the filtrates and take them separately four times a day. In 12 cases, 11 cases were cured and 1 case was invalid. According to the observation, the average time of body temperature dropping to normal was 1.63 days. The main symptoms and signs were relieved or disappeared within 3-5 days.

In addition, according to clinical studies, Sophora tonkinensis has been used in a variety of cancers, but its efficacy is still uncertain.

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