No. Sophora flowers are bitter in flavor, flat in nature, non-toxic, and have the effect of clearing heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure.

They can be picked to make soup, mixed vegetables, stewed rice, can also do acacia cake, dumplings, daily life is the most common is steamed acacia (also known as acacia wheat rice), many regions of China have this habit, in addition, in the production of porridge, soup can also be added to acacia flowers.

It can also drive away worms and cure pharyngitis. Sophora can enhance capillary resistance, reduce vascular permeability, can make brittle blood vessels to restore the function of elasticity, thus lowering blood lipids and preventing vascular sclerosis. In the consumption of acacia flowers, due to the acacia flowers of cool nature, so the usual spleen and stomach cold people should not eat.

Extended information:

Dr. Zhang Haibin of Fresh Herbal Base told reporters that acacia acacia flower is indeed a traditional Chinese medicine, with the clearing of heat, anti-inflammatory, clearing the liver fire, blood pressure lowering efficacy, can be consumed directly. However, not all acacia flowers can be eaten, generally white acacia flowers are edible, red acacia flowers are toxic.

Roadside acacia flowers must not eat. Because the roadside exhaust pollution is more serious, exhaust contains lead, there will be dust and heavy metal residue, municipal in order to prevent insects will also spray the trees. In addition, neighborhoods or gardens in the acacia flowers may also have been drugged, do not pick.

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