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Sophora 苦参
Sophora or ku shen (lat. Sophora flavescens) is a plant from family
Leguminosae. Dried roots of this plant are used in TCM.
Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian
Bitter, cold in nature. Returns to the heart, liver, stomach, large intestine and bladder meridians.
Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Clears heat and dries dampness, kills parasites, induces diuresis.
It is used in treating pyretic dysentery, blood in stool, jaundice, anuria, multicoloured leukorrhagia, swelling and itching of reproductive organs,
eczema, skin itch, scabies and leprosy, and as an external treatment for trichomonas vaginitis.
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