Guohuai

Chinese locust tree, also known as locust tree, is tall and its pinnate compound leaves are similar to black locust. The flowers are light yellow and can be cooked and eaten as well as traditional Chinese medicine or dyes. Unopened Sophora japonica is commonly known as "Sophora japonica", which is a kind of Chinese medicine. The flowering period is at the end of summer, which is different from the flowering period of other tree species. It is an important nectar plant. Flowers and pods are used as medicine to cool and astringe, stop bleeding and lower blood pressure; leaves and root bark have heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, which can treat sores; wood is used for construction. The kernels contain starch, which can be used for brewing or making paste and feed. Bark, branches and leaves, flower buds, flowers and seeds can all be used as medicine.

The panicle is terminal, often pyramid-shaped, up to 30 cm long; the pedicel is shorter than the calyx; 2 bracteoles, shaped like small stipules; the calyx is shallowly campanulate, about 4 mm long, and the calyx teeth are 5, nearly as large, round Shaped or obtuse triangle, gray-white pubescent, calyx tube nearly glabrous; corolla white or light yellow, flag petals nearly round, length and width about 11 mm, short stalk, purple veining, apex slightly absent, base Shallow heart-shaped, wing petals oval-oblong, 10 mm long, 4 mm wide, apex rounded, base oblique halberd, no wrinkles, keel petals are broad ovate-oblong, equal length to wing petals, width up to 6 Mm; stamens nearly separated, persistent; ovary nearly glabrous.

Pods are beaded, 2.5-5 cm long or slightly longer, with a diameter of about 10 mm. The constriction between the seeds is not obvious. The seeds are arranged tightly, with a fleshy pericarp, without cracking after maturity, with 1-6 seeds; seeds ovoid, Yellowish green, dark brown after drying.

Flowering period: June to July;

Fruiting period: August to October.

Medicinal value:

1. Sophora japonica leaves, clearing the liver and purging fire; cooling blood and detoxification; drying dampness and killing insects. Primary epilepsy in children; strong heat; intestinal wind; hematuria; hemorrhoids; eczema; scabies; carbuncle boils.

2. Sophora japonica, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding; clearing away heat and dampness; dispelling wind and killing insects. Main uterine bleeding; red vaginal discharge; hemorrhoids; itchy scrotum; heartache; red eyes; scabies.

3. Sophora japonica root, disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling; kill insects. Main hemorrhoids; Throat palsy; Ascariasis.

4. Huaijiao (fruit), cooling blood to stop bleeding; clearing liver and improving eyesight. Main hemorrhoids bleeding; blood under intestinal wind; bloody dysentery; metrorrhagia; bloody; bloody fever; red eyes; dizziness.