Flowers and pods are used as medicine, which have the functions of cooling and astringency, hemostasis and blood pressure reduction; Leaves and root bark have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used to treat sores. Wood is used for building. Seed kernel contains starch, which can be used for brewing wine or as paste and feed. Bark, branches and leaves, buds, flowers and seeds can all be used as medicine.
1, Sophora japonica leaves
Clearing liver and purging fire; Cooling blood and detoxifying; Eliminating dampness and killing insects. Mainly children with epilepsy; Strong and hot; Intestinal wind; Urinating blood; Hemorrhoids; Eczema; Scabies; Carbuncle, sore, furuncle.
2. Sophora japonica (fruit)
Cooling blood to stop bleeding; Clearing liver and improving eyesight. Hemorrhage of main hemorrhoid; Blood under intestinal wind; Blood dysentery; Collapse and leakage; Bloody; Blood-heat vomiting; Liver heat with red eyes; Dizziness.
Wood is elastic, waterproof and moisture-proof. It can be used in buildings, ships, sleepers, vehicles and sculptures. Seed kernel contains starch, which can be used for brewing wine or as paste and feed. Extraction of industrial seed oil; The exocarp of Sophora japonica can extract stuffing sugar.
Extended data
Pods are beaded, 2.5-5 cm long or slightly longer, with a diameter of about 10 mm, with inconspicuous contraction between seeds, closely arranged, fleshy pericarp, and no cracking after maturity, 1-6 capsules; After drying, the seeds are oval, yellow-green, and dark brown. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from August to June.
Mainly used as street trees in northern China. It is also suitable for planting in parks, buildings, neighborhood communities and lawns. Sophora japonica should be planted in front of the door or in rows, or alone beside pavilions and rocks. It can also be used for greening in industrial and mining areas. Flowers can be seen in summer and autumn, which is an excellent nectar source plant.
It is also a windbreak and sand-fixing tree species, which can be used as both timber and economic forest. It is a good shade tree and street tree species in urban and rural areas, and has strong resistance to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine. Sophora japonica can also be used as a tree species choice for mixed forest.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Sophora japonica (Leguminosae Sophora arbor)