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Flavescent
Sophora Root (ku shen)
Radix
Sophorae Flavescentis
Properties:
Bitter in flavour, cold in
nature, it acts on the heart, liver, large
intestine and bladder channels. The cold
property is capable of clearing heat, the bitter
flavour removing the dampness and purging fore
downward. For this reason, the herb is good at
clearing the pathogenic heat in the lower-jiao,
hence indition, the herb can also expell wind,
destroy intestinal parasites, and relieve
itching. Therefore, it is often used to cure
itching of urticaria and eczema.
Effect:
Clearing heat and dampness, destroying
intestinal parasites, relieving itching and
inducing diuresis.
Indications:
1.
For treating dysentery caused by
damp-heat, it is used in combination with
aucklandia root and liquorice. For treating
hemorrhoid with bleeding, it is used in
combination with the drugs for stopping bleeding
by removing heat from the blood, such as dried
rehmannia root and sophora fruit. In case of
jaundice due to damp-heat in the liver and
gallbladder, it is used with oriental wormwood
and capejasmine fruit to normalize the function
of the gallbladder and clear jaundice.
2.
For treating stranguria, profuse
leukorrhea, vaginal itching and eczema caused by
the downward flow of dampness and relieving
itching, such as dittany bark, phellodendron
bark, etc.
In addition, in
ancient clinical practice the herb was used to
cure scabies and leprosy.
Dosage and
Administration:
3-10g, proper dosage (quabtum satis) when
applied externally.
Precautions:
The herb is incompatible with hellebore root and
contraindicated in cases of insufficiency of the
spleen and stomach.
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