Soap core

Soap core

(compendium)

[synonym] suanzi.

[source] seeds of legume soappod. For the plant morphology, please refer to "soap pod".

[collection] from September to October, take the fruits, peel the seeds after drying, dry them in the sun, and put them in a dry place for moth prevention.

[medicinal material] the dried seeds are spherical, slightly narrow at one end, 1.5-2 cm long, 1.5-1.8 cm wide and 1-1.2 cm thick. Testa black, smooth, hilum at tip, brown punctate. 2 white cotyledons can be seen after peeling seed coat. It's better to be big, dark brown, full and solid, glossy and without mould.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] spitting stubborn phlegm, treating wind secret, dysentery, sore, tinea.

① "The compendium of works": "in addition to the general mood. "

② "Fengyuan" in Ben Jing: "the secret of treating large intestine wind. "

③ "Seek truth from Materia Medica": cure head and face mould sores. "

④ Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "spitting obstinate phlegm. "

⑤ "Medicine science": "treatment of rheumatism, dysentery, sore ringworm, gonorrhea. It is also used as expectorant and diuretic. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan.