Japanese plant: Japanese folk medicine, medicinal properties and contraindications

Nature is rich in beautiful, useful plants that delight the eye with its appearance and flowering, and also have important healing properties. They are used not only in folk medicine, but also in modern cosmetology and pharmacology.

To such valuable representatives of fauna also belongs to Japanese Sophora - a beautiful and unusual tree, somewhat resembling a habitual for our locality acacia.

Despite the fact that Korea and China are considered the birthplace of the plant, it has been safely growing for several centuries in our homeland, for example, in the Caucasus and Crimea.

What are the medicinal properties and contra-indications of Japanese Sophora? How is it used in medicine? What is the instruction for using sophora? And is it possible to prepare medicinal drugs on its own basis? The answers to these questions you will find in this article.

But first let's briefly find out what the Japanese plant is, what its appearance and composition are.

A beautiful representative of the plant world

A plant of Sophora is a species of the Bobov family, which includes numerous trees and shrubs.

If we talk about trees, they often reach a height of fifteen to twenty-five meters and have a vast sprawling crown. In November, the leaves of Sophora, which differ in summer in a saturated green color, fall, and the tree appears in front of the frost in all its glory: a gracefully curved trunk, intricately spreading branches, cold-resistant abundant fruits.

It is noteworthy that the fruit of the plant is planted once in two years. Interesting and unusual is the process of the appearance of these fruits.

In July and August on the tree appear the original fragrant broom length of thirty-five centimeters of yellowish, pinkish or even purple flowers. After a while, fleshy fruits of a cylindrical shape of three to eight centimeters in size, in which the seeds are found, are formed from these blooms.

Habitat

The tree is an unpretentious and hardy plant, can freely develop on stony and sandy soils, sunlit meadows and valleys. However, he does not like big frosts and strong drafts.

In our territory there are such kinds of sophora plants:

• Japanese;
• is an ordinary( or foxtail);
• yellowing( or yellowish);
• is thick-fruited.

Let's get acquainted with each of these varieties better.

Sophora vulgaris

This is a herbaceous plant with a thin straight stalk, about ten to twelve centimeters high. On the stems, crowned with a white inflorescence in the form of a brush, are oval leaves.

The main useful substance in this type of sophora is the pachycarpin alkaloid, which increases tonus in the muscle tissue and enhances contractions of the uterine muscles.

Also, lepidoptera is used for such diseases as eczema, diphtheria, rheumatism, heart muscle and blood vessel diseases.

Soap yellowish

Sulfur yellowing - also a herbaceous plant more than half a meter in height, contains such therapeutic elements as alkaloids, flavonoids, organic acids and fatty oils.

Used for the treatment of neurosis, tuberculosis, ascariasis, hemorrhoids, rheumatism, eczema, gastric diseases. It can also be used as an antipyretic, analgesic and hypnotic.

Saphora is thick-bodied

A herbaceous plant whose height varies between thirty and sixty centimeters. The stems of the Sophora are thin and branched, and the spicate inflorescences have a bright cream color.

Used in the treatment of all the diseases mentioned above.

Japanese Sophora

A tree ten to fifteen meters high, with a dark gray bark covered with deep cracks and gaps. Aromatic flowers of Sophora( up to one centimeter in diameter) are collected in huge inflorescences.

Most often folk medicine uses buds and fruits of this plant, which are considered very caustic and poisonous. Therefore, to collect and store, and even more so, to use the софоору follows strictly according to the instructions and prescription of the doctor.

What is remarkable about the composition of this plant? Let's find out.

Healing substances and elements

Below are important and useful components of Sophora, as well as the scope of their application:

• Flavonoids( routine).It alleviates allergic manifestations, reduces swelling, strengthens the secretion of bile, lowers blood pressure, slows the heartbeat, improves adrenal function and prevents the occurrence of a heart attack and stroke.
• Pachycarpine. It suppresses hypertensive crises and spasms of the heart vessels, slows down nerve impulses, increases uterine contraction and improves muscle activity.
• Fatty oils. They remove inflammation, repair damaged tissues and cells, regulate metabolism, promote early healing of wounds.
• Ash. Slows the coagulability of blood, eliminates inflammation, resolves blood clots, heals wounds.
• Organic acids. They eliminate toxic and slag masses, promote the emptying of the intestines, calm nerves, purify the vessels.
• Potassium. Normalizes blood pressure, strengthens the heart muscle, blocks spasms, reduces swelling, regulates metabolism and prevents the formation of atherosclerosis.
• Calcium. Promotes strengthening of teeth, bones and cardiac vessels, increases immunity, normalizes the activity of the nervous system.
• Magnesium. It removes toxins, strengthens bone tissue, heart and blood vessels, improves digestion, eliminates inflammation.
• Iron. Stimulates the formation of red blood cells, raises hemoglobin, improves the functioning of the thyroid gland.
• Zinc. Reduces allergic reactions, strengthens the immune system, improves skin condition( eliminates inflammation, heals wounds and cracks, prevents aging, promotes cellular renewal).
• Iodine. Regulates the processes occurring in the cardiovascular system, sexual, digestive and musculoskeletal systems. Favorably affects the growth and development of children mentally, mentally and physically.
• Bor. Increases immunity and reproductive capacity, normalizes hormonal failures, prevents the reproduction of cancer cells.

As you can see, the spectrum of action of Japanese Sophora plant is truly extensive and unique.

Indications for use of Sophora Japanese

This plant has such therapeutic properties as immunostimulating, analgesic, soothing, wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, anthelmintic, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-allergic, diuretic and even anti-cancer.

These important medicinal qualities are highly appreciated by folk medicine. Sophora Japanese is used in such complex and serious diseases as tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, stomatitis, abscess, psoriasis, mastitis, hemorrhoids, eczema, atherosclerosis, sepsis, furunculosis, dysentery, sinusitis, burns, ulcers, scarlet fever and many others.

However, despite such an impressive list of beneficial properties, the plant of Sophora has some contraindications.

Contraindications to the application of Sophora

Although in general the components of the Sophora plant are favorably perceived by the human body, they can still provoke a number of allergic reactions that manifest themselves in severe burning, as well as in skin rashes and redness. Therefore, allergies should be very careful to use preparations based on Japanese Sophora.

Also, the plant is not recommended for people suffering from certain liver diseases, children under three years old, pregnant and lactating.

Moreover, according to the instruction on the use of Sophora, when using it, it is important to take into account some of the side effects caused by the main components.

First of all, this:

• bloating;
• diarrhea;
• vomiting;
• abdominal pain;
• nausea.

Usage during pregnancy

It is not recommended to use pregnant women for the treatment of substances and elements that make up Sophora, as they can stimulate muscle tone and provoke miscarriage. On the other hand, it is because of the increase in the tone of the uterus that some components of this plant can be used during labor, when contractions have a weakly expressed and rapidly passing character.

So, we got acquainted with the medicinal properties and contra-indications of Japanese Sophora. And now let's learn the features of collection and storage of plants, as well as some healing recipes of Japanese Sophora.

The process of collecting medicinal raw materials

When is it best to start storing a medicinal plant? It all depends on what you want to use. For example, if you need the fruits of Sophora - then they are best collected in late September, when they are not fully matured, light green.

If we are talking about flowers, then the collection of this raw material is best done during the flowering period( July to August).

The collection process is recommended to be performed in dry sunny weather, when the dew and other moisture finally come off. Inflorescences can be broken off with hands, fruits( they usually have the form of beans) should be cut carefully with a pruner.

Dry curative raw materials are important not in direct sunlight, but indoors( in attics or in barns), watching the regular airing of domestic air and their air temperature( the most optimal figures - from forty to forty-five degrees of heat).

During the drying process, the raw materials should be periodically stirred and turned over. When they reach the necessary condition, they are recommended to be moved to paper envelopes or cardboard boxes for storage.

The optimal storage period for this raw material is no more than twelve months.

And now let's talk about medicines prepared on the basis of Sophora Japanese.

All kinds of tinctures

There are several recipes for tincture of sophora( on vodka, alcohol and even vinegar).Here are some of them:

1. One tablespoon of crushed dried flowers pour a hundred milliliters of vodka and insist ten days in a dark place. Strain and take within a month for thirty-five drops three times a day after meals. Use for diarrhea, high blood pressure, gastritis, ulcers, insomnia, internal bleeding.
2. Fifty grams of a mixture of fruit and sophora flowers pour a half-liter bottle of vodka, tamp one month. Take three to four months for one teaspoon three times a day. This product clears the vessels of organic salt.
3. Mix fresh fruit and alcohol( 56%) from one to one, let it brew for three weeks, then strain and squeeze. Ready liquid take one teaspoon four times a day to prevent bleeding. Also used in the form of compresses for burns and other skin damage.
4. Twenty grams of color insist in a hundred milliliters of alcohol( 70%) for seven days. Then take twenty-five to thirty drops three times a day for three weeks. Helps with hypertension ailments.
5. One hundred and fifty grams of fresh, carefully crushed fruits pour vodka( 700 ml) and set for a week. Use twice a day for one teaspoon with cancer and diabetes.
6. Pour 100 grams of ground dried fruit with a liter of real apple cider vinegar and insist for a month, periodically shaking it gently. Take three to four times a day after eating, diluting one teaspoon of tincture in a hundred grams of cold water. The course of treatment is fourteen to twenty days. It helps well with atherosclerosis, migraine, diarrhea.

Reviews about the treatment of tincture of Sophora

According to reviews, tincture of Sophora does have important healing properties.

It is able to eliminate or alleviate the symptoms of many serious diseases. Moreover, using this medication in combination with other drugs, as well as strictly following the instructions and recommendations of doctors, you can permanently get rid of such complex and severe ailments as hypertension, ulcers, cardiovascular diseases and even oncology.

Other types of medicinal preparations

• Infusion of .Fifteen grams of dried fruit, pour water( three hundred milliliters), infuse for an hour, strain and add water to the required volume of 300 ml. Use as rinses, compresses and dressings for skin diseases such as eczema, ulcers and others.
• Decoction of .Mix one tablespoon of flowers and fruits, pour a half-liter can of boiling water and cook for five minutes. Give about an hour to brew, strain and drink one hundred and fifty milligrams three times a day. It has a general strengthening effect, it is also used to normalize blood pressure, stop bleeding, purify blood and relieve inflammation. Rubbing the broth in the scalp helps to strengthen and grow hair.

• oil. Pour boiling water dry fruits in a one-to-one ratio, wait an hour and grind the steamed raw material into a gruel. Then add any oil( ratio of one to three) and insist on the sun for three weeks. Strain. The oil prepared in this way can be used to instill the nose in the common cold and sinusitis( three times a day), as well as to heal wounds.
• Powder .Grind dry flowers take half a gram three times a day. Help with all of the above ailments.

Application in traditional medicine

On the basis of Japanese Sophora, such independent preparations are produced as:

• "Pakhikarpin".Applied in the form of tablets with inflammation of the nerve nodes, myopathy and endarteritis, in the form of injections - to stimulate labor and remove spasms of peripheral vessels.
• Sophora tincture( or sophora extract), obtained from freshly picked fruits, filled with ethyl alcohol( 48%). It is applied externally for abscesses, wounds, burns and ulcers. Internally - with other, previously mentioned diseases.
• "Ascorutin" is produced in the form of tablets for preventive and curative purposes of such ailments as viral infections, rheumatism, hypertension, vitamin deficiency, hypovitaminosis and others.

Also in many cases, doctors can prescribe medications such as:

• Honey from Sophora. Reduces blood sugar, normalizes blood pressure, strengthens immunity, lowers cholesterol, improves eyesight, cleanses blood vessels, improves metabolism. Pleasant to taste and smell, it has useful vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
• Ointment .It is used for the treatment of skin diseases and atherosclerosis of the extremities, it is used for various disorders of the thyroid gland.
• Food Supplements .They are used for diabetes, skin diseases, male sexual insufficiency, bleeding, alopecia, veins diseases. Increase immunity.

Instead of the conclusion

As you can see, Japanese Sophora has many useful and healing properties. It is applicable in the treatment of serious disorders of the heart, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, blood vessels, nervous system, oncology, skin diseases and so on.

However, Sophora, like many other preparations of plant or synthetic origin, has its own warnings and side effects, which must be taken into account when prescribing treatment. In such cases, the positive effect of using Sophora should be several times greater than the damage done to the body.

Of course, it is important to apply Japanese sofar only after consulting with the attending physician, strictly observing the dosage and other recommendations.

If all the rules are met, this healing remedy is sure to benefit you and your body.