Get acquainted, this is a beauty from the distant land of the rising sun, which is highly appreciated for her decorative, and especially medicinal properties - Japanese Sophora. The therapeutic use of drugs from it is now widespread enough.
In our country, this decorative tree up to twenty-five meters high, very similar to white acacia, can be found in the gardens and parks of the Crimea, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The first copies were brought back in 1747 to the famous Nikitsky Botanical Garden in Yalta. On summer evenings, Japanese sophora fills the surrounding space with the aroma of its flowers, which are collected in large, up to 35 centimeters, panicles of a white-yellow hue. Beans of red-brown color, ripening in the fall, became famous in medicine Japanese sophora. The use of these beans in medicine has become expedient due to the high content of a valuable substance in them - routine. The degree of assimilation of vitamin C and the permeability of capillaries of blood vessels depend on it. Fruits, unlike other parts of the plant, are not toxic. For medicinal purposes, both unripe beans and flowers are used. Medicines are prepared from raw materials harvested in the summer or early fall. It dries in the shade with good ventilation and is stored in a dry room.
Before preparing the tincture, the fresh fruits should be washed with cool boiled water, chopped and placed in a glass container, poured with vodka (1: 2 ratio). The proportion will change to 1: 5 if dried Japanese Sophora beans are used as raw materials. Insist should be at least 10 days with periodic shaking. After draining the liquid, the crushed beans can be used on compresses to treat trophic ulcers, deep or purulent wounds.
The tincture, the content of which is a whole complex of biologically active compounds, has been confirmed by studies of many medical scientists, is currently used to treat a number of diseases. In the pharmacy network, Japanese sophora is widely represented by drugs or dry raw materials. Their application in special cases can be considered in this article.
Tincture of Japanese sophora is used:
• in the treatment of purulent or poorly healing wounds, burns, ulcers;
• in the prevention of internal bleeding, regardless of the nature of origin: in the brain, heart, retina;
• in the treatment of burns, up to III degree;
• with boils and corbuncles;
• with frostbite, fungal diseases, eczema;
• with an increase in cholesterol and blood sugar;
• with increased fragility of capillaries, the threat of stroke, the likelihood of arteriosclerosis;
• when the blood pressure deviates from the norm.
With hypertension, atherosclerosis and other diseases of the cardiovascular system, tincture of Japanese Sophora should be taken for 1-1.5 months, with a break of 1-2 months. To enhance the effect, you can simultaneously drink tincture of mistletoe white. Take tincture should be 20 drops in 4 divided doses thirty minutes before meals. Treatment should be continued for 3 weeks, then a 10-day break, and if necessary, can be repeated.
Japanese Sophora is beneficial for hair. When lubricating and rubbing into the scalp no more than twice a week diluted in five times the amount of water infusion Japanese Sophora can prevent hair loss. An additional effect is massage of the scalp to improve blood flow to the roots of the hair.
Sophora Japanese, reviews of which read as follows: Sforin (rutin) accelerates skin regeneration, reduces tightness and irritation. After all, it contributes to better absorption of vitamin C, which is simply necessary for the skin to be young and flowering. It protects it from aging (oxidation).
When preparing a face lotion, 200 g of raw materials should be filled with half a liter of vodka. Soak for 15 days and use without draining vodka.
To wipe the skin of the face, dilute it ten times with water. But it should be remembered that use of Sophora lotion should not be more than two times a week, after making sure that there is no allergic reaction to the drug.
Sophora Japanese, the use of which is recommended even to healthy people as a means for longevity, a good preventive measure. To do this, drink her tincture of 10 drops in the morning and in the evening, and it is advisable to carry out such prophylaxis for 30 days at least once a season.