Japanese Sophora (in other words, Japanese acacia) is a tree of the legume family, with a thick spreading crown, dark gray cracking bark, smooth green branches and oblong unpaired leaves that fall in the winter. The height of the tree can reach 25 meters. The flowers of a plant that blooms from June to July are large, up to 30-35 cm, multi-flowered panicles of white-yellow color, with a fragrant, but heavy, smell. At the end of flowering at the place of the panicle, ligaments of fleshy, clearly-drawn-up beans are formed, having a length of 3 to 7 cm. The beans from green, when ripe, turn into reddish. The fruits ripened in August-September stay on the tree all winter.
The homeland of Japanese sophora is Japan and China, but it is also common in Vietnam, Korea, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. In medicine, both flowers and plant fruits are used, containing biologically active substances in their composition, of which rutin (vitamin P) is considered to be especially valuable . Its maximum content was found in buds, so the buds are harvested in June-July, when some of them begin to bloom at the base of the inflorescence.
For treatment, Japanese sophora is used both in fresh form and in the form of dry raw materials. The fruits of Sophora, fleshy and juicy, are harvested at a time when the seeds are just beginning to darken. Raw materials must be collected in dry weather and sent to dry on the same day. They are dried in dryers or in well-ventilated attics, after which the raw materials cleaned of impurities are packed in multilayer paper or fabric bags and stored on shelves in dry, ventilated rooms.
Japanese sophora can be used both internally and externally. For internal use, tincture of Japanese sophora Helps maintain a normal level of blood pressure with hypertension and a normal amount of sugar in the blood. Preparations from this plant are able to improve the state of the circulatory system by cleansing blood vessels from cholesterol deposits and giving them elasticity. They can effectively reduce swelling of the colon. By binding salts of heavy metals (including radioactive elements) and other toxic substances in the intestine, they thus contribute to their elimination from the body.
Preparing tincture of Japanese Sophora at home is not difficult. To do this, fresh fruits should be thoroughly washed with running water, folded into a glass jar, previously chopped, and poured with vodka, observing a proportion of 1: 2. After 10 days of insisting, strain. As a result, the tincture acquires a red-brown color. For the preparation of tinctures from dried fruits, the proportions vary. In this case, you will need to take about 5 times more vodka.
Sophora Japanese - treatment
Japanese sophora as a tincture it is used in the form of irrigation and lotions in the treatment of wounds, phlegmic acne, psoriasis, trophic ulcers, burns, boils, carbuncles. In folk medicine, it is recommended for angina pectoris, diabetes mellitus, bleeding of various origins, stomach diseases, atherosclerosis, liver diseases, hemorrhoids. Sophora drugs are also used for hypo- and vitamin deficiencies (for treatment and prevention), for rheumatism, allergic diseases, for hemorrhages in the retina, hemorrhagic diathesis. Tincture of Sophora buds is used to rub hair into the roots when they fall out, to rinse the mouth in case of gum disease or toothache, to bury in the nose with a runny nose, and to treat fungal skin diseases.
You should be careful in taking medications based on Japanese Sophora and in no case exceed the dose taken. In addition, individual intolerance of some components of the drug is possible. It is not recommended to take medications based on Sophora during pregnancy and during lactation.
Japanese Sophora treatment can be very effective, but prior consultation with your doctor is mandatory!