The herbal name of bitter thorn is bitter thorn flower, wolfsbane thorn, iron horse beard burning. The effects are as follows:
1, root: clearing away heat and detoxification, diuresis, swelling, cooling the blood to stop bleeding. It is used for laryngitis, pneumonia, dysentery, cystitis, edema, epistaxis, hematuria, and blood in stool.
2. Fruit: regulating qi and eliminating stagnation. Used for indigestion, stomachache, abdominal pain.
3. Flower: brewed with boiled water to make a cool drink to relieve summer heat.
This product is Sophora viciifolia Hance, a plant of the genus Sophora in the family of Leguminosae, and is used in medicine for its roots, leaves, flowers and fruits.
Expanded Information
Bitter thorn food taboos:
Yunnan wild varieties of vegetables, some of which are poisonous, some of which have herbal properties, and some of which are improperly cooked to produce toxicity. According to health experts, commonly cause poisoning of wild vegetables are: yellow cauliflower, bitter flowers, jasmine, water fern, watercress, blue root and so on.
Bitter prickly flowers, water fern, blue root and other medicinal wild vegetables, most of the cold and not bitter, must be rinsed with boiled water, no bitter taste can be eaten. Eating should not be too much to prevent nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomforts.
According to health experts, different mountain weeds, poisoning performance is not the same. General wild vegetables poisoning symptoms are mild, with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other digestive symptoms are common. There are also neuropsychiatric symptoms such as headache, dizziness.
But if the wild plant poisoning, general gastric lavage, vomiting can not alleviate the symptoms, because the toxic substances in the wild plants act fast, very easy into the blood absorption. Therefore, once found poisoned, should be sent to the hospital for treatment.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Bitter thorn (traditional Chinese medicine)
Phoenix.com - Spring eat yellow cauliflower and other wild vegetables of mountain weeds are most likely to be poisoned