Honey locust seeds are rich in galactomannan gum and protein components. Galactomannan gum is used as a thickener, stabilizer, adhesive, etc. due to its unique rheology. Gelling agents, flotation agents, flocculants, dispersants, etc., are widely used in oil drilling, food and medicine, textile printing and dyeing, mining and mineral processing, military explosives, daily chemical ceramics, architectural coatings, wood processing, papermaking, pesticides and other industries .
The gum content of the seeds is as high as 30~40%, and the protein content of the honey locust scraps for gum production is higher than 30%, which can be used to make feed ingredients or extract green protein. Honey locust beans are rich in crude protein and polysaccharides, and their oil content exceeds that of soybeans.
Wood Utilization
The wood of the honey locust tree is solid, resistant to corrosion and wear, and is yellow-brown or mixed with red stripes. It can be used to make handicrafts and furniture. The pods, seeds, thorns, etc. of the honey locust tree can be used as medicine. The pods can be used as medicine to eliminate phlegm and diuresis;
Honey locust contains triterpene saponins (saponin, saponin), tannins, wax alcohol, nonocane, stigmasterol, sitosterol, etc. It has the functions of eliminating phlegm and resuscitation. The saponins contained in soap locust are triterpenes and oligosaccharides, which have anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-lesion effects, as well as anti-cancer and improved AIDS immunity.
The roots, stems and leaves of Honey Locust can be used to produce traditional Chinese medicine oral liquid for clearing away heat and detoxifying.
"Pharmacopoeia".
Water medicine contains saponin and tianding: the fruit can treat phlegm and salivation; insert wolfberry thorns and saponin thorns into pig liver to steam, and take pig liver orally to treat hepatitis. "Water Medicine". The strong medicine of horse donkey horn thorn pod (Xincheng language): the tender thorns are used externally to treat sores, "Gui Yao Bian".
Baiyao Saponaria, Tianding, Saponin: Dry thorns can treat carbuncles, swollen boils, acute mastitis, and postpartum lactation. "Dali Zi Zhi".
Mongolian medicine Cunduyin-Wuziges: The thorns are used for the initial onset of carbuncles or pus that does not ulcerate, acute mastitis, postpartum galactoplasia, and external treatment of sores and ringworm; the fruit is used for sudden coma. Trouble opening the mouth, phlegm in the throat, bronchial asthma, constipation, cervical lymph node tuberculosis: Dongga, Gahai-Cundu, sterile fruit: used for sudden fainting, stroke trismus, wheezing and coughing with phlegm; epilepsy: external Treat carbuncle, swollen and poisonous "Mongolian medicine".
Miao medicine saponaria tree, saponaria: the fruit is used for stroke, mouth and eye deviation, head wind and headache, cough and phlegm, intestinal wind and blood in the stool, diarrhea, mouth shut, carbuncle and poisonous stool, sores, ringworm and scabies "Xiang "Lan Kao". Bid zob kud Bi Zao Cry, Bel det clef sad bil Bo Dou Di Sha Bi, Bol zend lef broadcast the whole land: Thorns treat various carbuncles, sores, and treat shrinking tongue syndrome "Miao Medicine".
Tujia Medicine Zhao Ga: Thorns, leaves and fruits are used to treat skin scabies, prurigo, milk carbuncle, and kill maggots "Tujia Medicine".
Saccharomyces thorn (Sapilla thorn): pungent, salty, warm. It dispels wind, resolves phlegm, and relieves toxins. Used for carbuncles, sores, retained afterbirth, sores and ringworm. Pod (Big Sapodilla): pungent, warm. A little poisonous. Rejuvenates the mind, eliminates phlegm, and detoxifies. Used for stroke, choking, wheezing and coughing, epilepsy, and carbuncle poisoning. Sterile pod (pig's tooth soap): pungent, warm. A little poisonous. Rejuvenates the mind, eliminates phlegm, removes wind, and kills insects. It is used for stroke, mute mouth, epilepsy, phlegm and asthma, scabies and swollen poison. Seeds (Acacia japonica): pungent, warm. A little poisonous. Soufeng, expectorant, resuscitation. It is used for stroke, mutilation of the mouth, phlegm, wheezing and cough, laryngeal paralysis, sores, tinea and swollen poison. The honey locust tree is an ecological and economical tree species that is drought-tolerant, water-saving, and has a well-developed root system. It can be used as a shelterbelt and soil and water conservation forest. Honey locust tree is heat-resistant, cold-resistant and pollution-resistant, and can be used in urban and rural landscape forests and road greening. The honey locust tree has comprehensive values ??such as nitrogen fixation, wide adaptability, and strong stress resistance. It is the preferred tree species for converting farmland into forests. Using honey locust to create grassland shelterbelts can effectively prevent livestock damage and is the preferred tree species for integrating forestry and animal husbandry.