Sophora japonica, Huai Mi, Huai Jiao Sophora japonica Flos, Huai Mi 槐米 Sophora japonica Fructus, Huai Jiao 槐角 Japanese Pagoda tree, Chinese Scholar treePagoda tree flower bud: Huai MiPagoda tree flower: Huai HuaPagoda tree fruit: Huai Jiao Sophora japonicaJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers (1824) Sophora japonica flower(Photo by Penarc) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sophora japonica (syn. Styphnolobium japonicum) Parts used: Flower Bud, Flower, Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter. Fruit is coldest Classification: L. Stop Bleeding Uses: Cools the Blood, Stops Bleeding: Hemoptysis, Uterine Bleeding, Nose bleeding from Heatespecially Bleeding from the Bowels, Damp-Heat Diarrhea or Dysentery with Blood, and Bleeding HemorrhoidsBuds, Flowers and Fruit are all used for bleeding from the Bowels and bleeding Hemorrhoids. The fruit is more specific, the Buds and Flowers have a more broad-spectrum hemostatic effect. Clears Liver Heat: Headache, Dizziness, Vertigo, IrritabilityRed, Sore and Tearing Eyes from Liver Heat or Wind-HeatHypertensionGenital sores with itching (Fruit)Buds, Flowers and Fruits can be used for this function. Benefits Liver Blood and Yin: (Fruit) Fruit has a secondary function of nourishing Liver Yin and BloodNourishes the Eyeshelps prevent Hair from greying Dose: Buds or Flowers should be added at the end of decocting.Bud or Flower in…

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