Sophora: tincture and treatment of knee joints, hemorrhoids, sinusitis, diabetes mellitus. Application in traditional medicine

Sophora is a tall, thermophilic tree, growing predominantly in Japan, but able to take root in the climates of China, Vietnam, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Crimea and the European Black Sea coast.

The culture is famous for the healing properties of inflorescences and young fruits, tinctures of which are able to prevent and treat the most complex diseases. Vascular pathologies, heart diseases, ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, hyperacid gastritis, nervous disorders can be corrected with the help of the Japanese sophora.

Peculiarities

Sophora is distinguished from other natural medicines by the breadth of its application and the ability to regulate many important processes, slowing down the aging of cells, tissues and organs. By activating the functions of the body, Sophora does not lead to excessive excitement, does not cause addiction and can be used in the presence of certain autoimmune processes without the danger of exacerbations.

Botanical description

Sophora Japanese has several more names, it is called the Japanese pagoda or acacia and even the hoe tree. The botanical name of the culture is Styphnolobium japonicum or Japanese Styphnolobium. This medicinal plant is a tall, powerful tree, but at the same time belongs to the legume family due to the structure of the fruit.

Sophora in natural conditions (on the Japanese islands) quickly grows up to 25 meters. In other regions, the tree usually does not exceed 10 m. The culture enters fruiting only 30 years after planting. During this time, the sophora independently forms a spreading crown that does not require shaping.

The bark on the adult trunk is gray, cracked, the young branches are green. The leaf plates are long (up to 25 cm), pinnately complex, similar to acacia leaves, but larger and shiny. The top of the leaves is smooth, bright green, the underside is gray. The culture resembles acacia in many ways, but unlike it, the shoots of the sophora do not have thorns.

In favorable conditions, the tree blooms once every 2 seasons. At this time, the entire crown is covered with long cluster inflorescences, also very similar to acacia.

What parts are used for medicinal purposes

Sophora, the tincture and treatment of which is beneficial for both home and factory preparation, concentrates the active ingredients in flowers and unripe beans.

Sophora buds are pale yellow, very fragrant, moth type, collected in loose drooping panicles. After flowering, long legume pods appear, inside which are seeds that look like black, small beans.

The pods have constrictions around the fruit, so they resemble strands of beads that decorate a tree in bundles. The color of young fruits is pale green, eventually changing to amber. The beans can hibernate directly on the tree, acquiring a brownish red hue.

Fresh Sophora fruits are inedible. The substances contained in them can cause poisoning. Only dried and properly prepared pods are used for treatment, which are harmless to the body.

Collection

In the south of Ukraine, Russia, in the Crimea, Sophora blooms in the second half of summer: late July or August. It is advisable to collect flowers at the bud stage, before the full opening of the petals. The buds are harvested with a whole brush, carefully cutting off or breaking off from the stem.

The fruits are harvested in bunches, without waiting for full ripening: ripe beans lose their medicinal properties. Sophora pods are usually harvested in early October. In regions where ripening occurs later, it is recommended to harvest Sophora beans after the first frost.

How to prepare

The buds are dried in warm air, always protecting from direct sunlight. You can prepare flowers in the oven by setting the temperature to no higher than 50 ° C.

Sophora beans are dried in the same way. Before harvesting, it is permissible to divide large pods into parts. The difference is the ability to leave the beans in a state close to dried.

At the same time, the leaves acquire transparency and rubbery toughness. Such fruits are used for medicinal infusions in the first place. For long-term storage, it is advisable to dry the sophora pods to a hard, brittle state.

Storage

Dried flowers, as well as sophora beans, can be stored in paper bags or cardboard boxes, provided that the air humidity is low. If there are doubts about the constancy of moisture indicators, it is better to pack the raw materials in glass containers and seal them with sealed lids. With this method of storage, a place well protected from light is chosen for the cans.

The medicinal material of Sophora retains its healing effect for more than 2 years. The preparation of alcoholic or vodka tinctures increases the shelf life up to 5 years. Tinctures and vinegar extracts should also be protected from sunlight, otherwise medicinal substances are broken down, and the liquid changes color.

Chemical composition

The rich set of active substances of Sophora, which determines its healing properties, is actively used by medicine.

Official pharmaceuticals from Sophora:

• Tincture of Japanese Sophora;
• Pachikarpin;
• Rutin;
• Ascorutin;
• Soforin.

Sophora, tincture and treatment of which is quite possible at home, is available in pharmacies as dried raw materials. The preparation of alcoholic extracts is dictated by the fact that the most valuable plant substance is rutin. This compound is practically insoluble in water, and alcohol is not only a good solvent, but also an ideal preservative that prevents the oxidation of nutrients.

Rutin, also called vitamin P, plays an important role in strengthening vascular walls, making them strong and elastic at the same time, reducing fragility. Thus, Sophora improves the functioning of almost all body systems.

The main components of the fruits and flowers of Japanese Sophora:

Rutin	Improves heart function, restores blood vessels, relieves tissue edema, and prevents atherosclerosis. Necessary in the treatment of hypovitaminosis, anemia
Vitamin C	Antioxidant and blood thinner. Promotes the assimilation of rutin, enhances immunity
Quercetin	Bioflavonoid that improves the condition of the vascular walls, lowers blood pressure
Organic acids	They act as mild antispasmodics, relieve inflammation, regenerate tissues and mucous membranes
Sophocarpine; Sophoramine; Pachikarpin and other alkaloids	Regulate the work of muscles, tone up smooth muscles, relieve vascular spasms, reduce the excitability of the central nervous system and nerve conduction

Sophora is rich in valuable fatty oils, and also contains nutrients in significant concentrations: iron, zinc, iodine, potassium, boron, and other macro- and microelements. Moreover, the properties of rutin have been studied quite well, and the effect of the entire healing cocktail of Sophora has so far been used only by traditional medicine.

Healing properties

Sophora, which is often treated for prophylaxis, can be prescribed as an additional part of the treatment of systemic diseases. Herbal raw materials exhibit anti-sclerotic, tonic, vitaminizing, anti-inflammatory properties when taken orally.

When used externally or locally, the tincture has a regenerating, antiseptic, wound healing, hemostatic effect.

Sophora preparations are prescribed for such diseases:

1. Diseases of the circulatory system, including varicose veins, atherosclerosis, thrombophlebitis, septic endocarditis.
2. Respiratory infections (including tuberculosis), as well as pleurisy, bronchitis, pneumonia.
3. Gastritis with increased secretion, ulcers and colitis of the gastrointestinal tract, viral hepatitis, bacterial lesions of the digestive system.
4. Nervous disorders, including neurosis, neurasthenia, insomnia.
5. Metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus, thyrotoxicosis, others).

It is useful to take Sophora preparations for diseases of the urinary system, a tendency to stone formation, inflammatory or bacterial lesions of the kidneys.

Externally and locally use the sophora in the following conditions:

1. Bleeding gums, stomatitis, periodontal disease.
2. Conjunctivitis, septic suppuration of the eyes, boils.
3. Angina, rhinitis, sinusitis, otitis media.
4. Rheumatic and arthritic pains.

The use of Sophora is effective for skin diseases, pigmentation disorders, wounds (including purulent, infected), trophic ulcers, rosacea, lupus, allergic rashes.

For women

In addition to general indications, there are specific "female" diseases in which sophora has a significant therapeutic effect.

Sophora (tincture inside and outside) is used for treatment with the following indications:

• erosion or uterine fibroids;
• candidiasis, vaginitis;
• colpitis, salpingitis, cervicitis;
• mastitis and breast mastopathy.

With severe menopause, Sophora tincture helps to eliminate unpleasant symptoms (hot flashes, dizziness), and also prevents age-related weakening of the vascular walls, varicose veins.

For men

The healing effect of Sophora for the male body was first discovered by Chinese doctors, who for centuries have used extracts from fruits for heart disease and vascular problems. In terms of effectiveness, Sophora was equated to ginseng, because the plant combines the tonic properties with a general strengthening effect.

Improving the work of blood vessels, as well as the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects of the plant is used for auxiliary therapy for adenoma, prostatitis, hemorrhoids. Sophora works as a biological stimulant for various types of impotence, erectile dysfunction, hyposthenic neuroses.

For children

Along with natural immunostimulants eleutherococcus, leuzea, ginseng, sophora is able to stimulate the body's defenses. At the same time, the plant acts sparingly, does not cause addiction and is non-toxic in small doses. If necessary, to activate the immune system in weakened, asthenic, often ill children, Sophora preparations are often used.

The internal intake of the plant is prohibited only for children under 3 years of age. In agreement with the pediatrician, a tincture of sophora on apple cider vinegar is introduced into the complex treatment, with a single dose of no more than 10 drops up to 2 times a day. Alcohol extracts of the plant are not allowed to be used until 15 years old.

Outwardly, Sophora tincture is used for allergic rashes, boils, acne, for treating wounds, burns with a risk of infection. For infants under 1 year old, you can add a glass of broth or a tablespoon of tincture to bathing water for diathesis, dermatitis, diaper rash.

Contraindications for admission

An absolute contraindication to the use of Sophora inside is pregnancy. The tonic effect of the plant on the uterus in the first 3 months of gestation is especially dangerous. It is forbidden to drink Sophora preparations while breastfeeding.

With individual plant intolerance, the smallest dosages of drugs, taken internally or applied externally, are dangerous. Before using the Sophora for the first time, a skin test should be performed. When prescribing the medicine inside, you should drink a few drops of the tincture diluted with water, follow the reaction of the body for several hours, and then drink the full dose of the drug.

Other contraindications for Sophora:

• cystitis;
• low blood pressure;
• pregnancy;
• lactation period;
• children up to age 3 years.

Exceeding the recommended doses or long-term treatment without interruptions can provoke adverse reactions in the form of intestinal upset, nausea, and stomach cramps. If any atypical reactions are found during treatment with Sophora, the drug is immediately stopped.

Application in traditional medicine

Traditional medicine offers many ways to prepare and use Japanese Sophora. The most effective and popular of which is an alcoholic or vodka extract made from fruits or tree flowers.

To prepare the medicine, the raw materials are pre-crushed. The flowers are easy to crush by hand, and the beans are placed whole in a powerful coffee grinder and ground. Even at technical maturity, the seeds inside the pods resemble pebbles in density, which requires careful grinding.

Further preparation:

1. 400 g of dry raw materials (fruits and buds can be taken equally) are poured into a glass bottle with darkened walls.
2. Add 1 liter of alcohol diluted to a strength of about 50%, or use store vodka.
3. Seal the dishes tightly, shake vigorously, and then leave in a dark place at room temperature.
4. After 10 days, the product can be used. But you can strain the tincture only after 21 days, after the complete return of the beneficial compounds of Sophora to the solution.

The standard scheme for taking extracts from sophora involves drinking 30 drops of the product 2 times a day, diluting it with a small amount of water. The course of treatment for various pathologies may differ, but without interruptions, therapy is carried out no longer than 40 days.

From sinusitis

The use of Sophora for rhinitis, colds, diseases of the nasopharynx and respiratory organs provides not only an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic effect, but also effectively relieves swelling of the mucous membranes. This property of the plant allows you to quickly alleviate the condition with sinusitis and prevent complications.

A standard tincture of Sophora for alcohol is diluted with water 1: 1, and then instilled into each nasal passage 10 drops up to 5 times a day. The course does not exceed a week, after which they take a break for 3-4 days and repeat the treatment.

With diabetes mellitus

To reduce sugar levels, as well as improve the state of blood vessels in diabetes, it is recommended to use fresh fruits instead of dry raw materials of Sophora.

Tincture preparation:

1. The fruits are thoroughly grinded or kneaded.
2. For 1 liter of vodka, take about 1 kg of unripe beans.
3. The mixture is infused for at least 15 days in a dark place.

With diabetes mellitus, Sophora is drunk in two large courses every year. Start taking with 10 drops 3 times a day before meals. A single dose is increased by 1 drop every day, bringing the amount of medicine to 1 tsp. l. Then they continue to drink in this amount for another 3 weeks.

With cardiovascular diseases

Sophora tincture expands the vascular bed, prevents thrombus formation, reduces deposits on the walls. These properties prevent hemorrhages, prevent stroke, remove tinnitus and headaches.

As a prophylaxis of a heart attack, during the recovery period after it, in post-stroke conditions, after operations on the vessels, supportive therapy is prescribed 4 times a year.

Each course of taking Sophora lasts 30 days. For the best effect, combined preparations with mistletoe are used. Drink 30 drops of tincture twice a day. The same course is effective for hypertension or the initial stages of atherosclerosis.

For varicose veins and hemorrhoids

Strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduce swelling and inflammation, as well as significantly reduce pain syndrome with varicose veins, hemorrhoids are helped by an extract from sophora on apple cider vinegar.

Tincture preparation:

1. Dry buds and sophora beans are mixed equally, with a total weight of about 50 g.
2. Pour 500 ml of apple cider vinegar into the mixture.
3. Leave the product for 21 days in a dark place.
4. Shake the bottle regularly.

The product is filtered and stored in a dark place, using for lotions, as well as for oral administration. Gauze napkins soaked in a half-diluted agent are applied several times daily to the inflamed areas.

Inside take 1 tsp. l. tincture, diluted with cool water, before breakfast and dinner. The course of treatment is continued regardless of the disappearance of symptoms for at least a month. After a break of 7 days, therapy can be repeated.

Prophylactic infusion

Sophora, tincture and treatment of which is possible not only with alcohol, gives some of its healing properties to infusions on water. For the prevention of any of the listed conditions, increase the tone and immunity, you can prepare tea from flowers. This medicine is allowed to be given to children over 3 years old. The infusion is also recommended in case of intolerance or inability to consume alcohol.

To prepare a drink 1 tsp. l. dry buds are poured with a glass of boiling water. To increase efficiency, you can add the same amount of ground rose hips. It is advisable to brew the product in a thermos for at least 30 minutes. Drink 2 cups of this remedy daily for 3-4 weeks.

For external and local use

Sophora tincture for external use is prepared as standard. Use a means for compresses on inflamed, painful joints with arthritis, arthrosis, rheumatic pains.

Gargle for the throat and mouth is prepared by diluting the Sophora tincture with water 1 to 4. For the treatment of abscesses, trophic ulcers, skin lesions, dilute the agent more strongly, like 1:10.

Recipes in cosmetology

When using Sophora in home cosmetology, it is possible to defeat many defects without resorting to complex treatment. Tincture of flowers and fruits helps to get rid of spider veins, age spots, improve skin elasticity. Rutin is considered one of the most important components of anti-aging care.

To get rid of the cause of the defect, a simultaneous prophylactic intake of Sophora inside should be carried out. So cosmetic procedures will become much more effective, and the body will rejuvenate from the inside.

Face tonic

For cosmetic use, the Sophora tincture must be diluted 10 times with pure water. Such a composition can be used as a tonic, brightening, rejuvenating, nourishing the skin. The composition is used to wipe the face, neck, décolleté several times a day.

Cosmetic ice

Freezing diluted Sophora tincture in ice cube trays is a great way to invigorate and nourish your skin in the morning. Rubbing the face and neck with cubes after waking up, they help it restore elasticity, restore a healthy color, and heal minor defects. For problems with vascular fragility (rosacea), ice is not used. In this case, only slightly warm solutions are suitable.

Regular procedures with ice for 2 weeks can cleanse and narrow pores, reduce the separation of sebaceous secretions, and significantly rejuvenate the skin.

Hair loss

Sophora is an effective remedy in the treatment of hair loss. The product is first diluted at a concentration of 1:10 with water and rubbed into the hair roots every evening.

With good tolerance, no burning, redness, the strength of the solution is increased to 1: 5 and the procedures are continued until visible improvement. Regular rubbing in the tonic not only stimulates the bulbs, increasing their growth, but also relieves dandruff.

Sophora, the tincture of which is successfully prepared at home, is capable of preventing and curing many serious diseases. Official medicine notes the significant effect of the herbal remedy in combination with traditional treatment. Cosmetologists recommend using the anti-aging properties of Sophora, adding a few drops of its tincture to creams, shampoos, lotions, tonics.

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