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Pin-yin:	ku shen

English name:	Sophora root

Where grown:	Throughout China.

Source:	Dried root of Sophora flavescens AIT.

Ingredients:	Matrine, Oxymatrine, Sophoranol, Sophocarpine, Baptifoline, Anagyrine, Kurarinol, Neokurarinol
Pharmacological effect:	1) Ulcer-preventive effect: the herbal extract, matrine and oxymatrine have significant preventive effect on gastric ulcer in mice. 2) Effect on central nervous system: matrine has treatment effect on skeletal muscle similar to that of curare. It can also have anti-trichomonal property. 3) Flavanones can reduce ventricular fibrillation induced by chloroform in mice. It can also prevent irregular pulse induced by chloroform, adrenaline or aconitine in rabbits and mice.

Properties:	Bitter, cold

Channels entered:	Heart, liver, stomach, bladder, large intestine

Function:	Opens the orifices, generates saliva, dries dampness, clears heat, nourishes liver and gall, calms internal organs and is antiseptic.

Major Clinic Usage:	For jaundice, alcoholism, leukorrhea, hematochezia, bleeding hemorrhoids, prolapsed rectum, scrofula, burns, carbuncles and scabies.
Cautions:	Do not use with Radix et Rhizoma Veratri(li lu).

Usage and Dosage:	4.5~9g. Proper amount for external use. Use decoctions to rinse wounds.

Storage:	Store in a dry place. Protect from mold and worm infestation.

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