Robinia pseudoacacia

Robinia pseudoacacia

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] Sophora japonica.

[source] it is the whole plant of pseudosasakia microphylla.

[plant morphology] perilla microphylla

Subshrub, 30-80 cm high. Stem erect, square, angulate, with deep pits between the edges, pubescent. Leaves opposite, long ovate, 5.5-11.5 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin shallowly serrate, both sides covered with short hairs, veins densely hairy; petiole 3-8 cm long. Cymose, with several flowers, lip shaped: calyx bell shaped, 5-toothed, corolla yellow, covered with fine pubescence. 4 nuts.

Most of them live in the shade of mountains and forests. It is distributed in southwest, Central South and Taiwan.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

Sweet and smooth.

Functions and indications: Nourishing Yin and moistening dryness, relieving cough and regulating menstruation. Cough without menstruation.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat tuberculosis and cough: Radix Sophorae japonica, Radix Paeoniae suffruticosa, Radix Canna, Poria cocos, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Rhizoma Bletillae, and Rhizoma Nelumbinis. Stewed meat, stewed chicken or stewed pig heart, lung to eat.

② Irregular menstruation: Twelve sophora flower, inverted touch umbrella root each five money. Steamed wine clothes.