Can I eat Sophora japonica during menstruation?

When we were young, on the way home from school, when the locust trees were in bloom, the whole road was full of locust flowers. The scenery was so beautiful, and the whole road was filled with the fragrance of locust flowers. We ran on the road and enjoyed it. In fact, locust flowers have many uses. They can not only be eaten, but also made into tea. So can you eat locust flowers during menstruation?

Sophora japonica flowers are beneficial to human health and have high medicinal value, but some special people should not eat them. Menstruation is the most vulnerable period for women, so can we eat Sophora japonica flowers during menstruation?

Therapeutic value

Used to make Sophora japonica flower and Nepeta tenuifolia drink, Sophora japonica chrysanthemum tea, Rhubarb Sophora japonica flower honey drink, Purslane and Sophora japonica flower porridge, Sanguisorba officinalis and Sophora japonica flower honey drink, Sophora japonica flower porridge from both places and Sophora japonica flower steamed fish. In rural areas, locust flowers can be used as medicine and have the effect of detoxifying. They can also be made into locust flower rice. Not only that, they can also be made into locust flower buns.

Sophora japonica flowers are bitter, neutral and non-toxic. They have the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure. It has significant therapeutic effects on vomiting blood, hematuria, hemorrhoid bleeding, wind-heat red eyes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, vascular sclerosis, bloody stool, diabetes, retinitis, psoriasis, etc.; it can also deworm and treat pharyngitis. Sophora flowers can enhance the resistance of capillaries, reduce vascular permeability, and restore the elasticity of fragile blood vessels, thereby lowering blood lipids and preventing vascular sclerosis.

Regarding the consumption of Sophora japonica flowers, since Sophora japonica flowers are cool in nature, people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat them.

Medicinal value

1. Treatment of psoriasis: Take Sophora japonica flowers, fry them until they turn yellow, grind them into fine powder, take 1 qian each time, twice a day, with warm water after meals. Sophora japonica flowers can also be made into honey pills for oral administration, with the same dosage as above. A total of 53 cases were observed clinically, 6 were cured, 22 were significantly improved, 19 were improved, and 6 were ineffective. This medicine has certain side effects on people with gastrointestinal diseases, which can be alleviated by adding vitamin B1 and B6 while taking the medicine. Some patients also begin to have diarrhea, which disappears on its own after a few days. Therefore, it is advisable to start taking the medication with a small dose and increase to the full dose after 2-3 days.

2. Treatment of cervical lymph tuberculosis: Take 2 parts of Sophora japonica beans and 1 part of glutinous rice, fry them until they turn yellow, grind them into powder, take 2 spoons (about 10g) on ​​an empty stomach every morning. Do not take sugar while taking the medicine. More than 30 cases were treated clinically and all were cured.

3. Treatment of heatstroke: Use 1-2 taels of dried Sophora japonica rice, add 1500ml of water to boil the juice, and use cotton to wash the area. The medicinal juice can be heated repeatedly and used for washing 2-3 times a day. At the same time, mash the residue into paste and apply it to the affected area. Generally, the local swelling will subside and heal after 1-2 days of medication.

4. Pay attention to allergic reactions: A case of a child was reported who had an allergic reaction after oral administration of Sophora japonica flowers. The child developed fever, flushing of the face, neck and limbs, dense papules of varying sizes on the surface that did not subside under pressure, itching and stinging, and round white blisters with a diameter of about 0.5 cm and flaky erosions on the cheeks and anterior neck, with a small amount of exudate; the patch test was positive. The initial treatment with diphenhydramine was ineffective, but the patient gradually recovered after being switched to hydrocortisone.

Through the above understanding, we know that Sophora japonica flowers have high medicinal value and are helpful to human health. So can we eat Sophora japonica flowers during menstruation? I hope people can have a comprehensive and correct understanding so as not to cause harm to our bodies.