Soapwort spines can reduce swelling, drain pus, kill worms, etc.; jujube can tonify the center of the body and benefit the qi (by tonifying the spleen to treat qi deficiency), and tranquilize the mind.
Soapwort spines are the dried spines of the legume soap pods. It is pungent in flavor and warm in nature. It belongs to the liver and stomach meridians. It can reduce swelling and toxin, expel pus and kill worms. Used for carbuncle (is a kind of poisonous sores, occurring on the body surface, limbs, internal organs of the acute purulent disease) at the beginning or pus into not ulcerated; external treatment of scabies and leprosy.
Jujube is the dried mature fruit of jujube, family Rhamnaceae. It is sweet in flavor and warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach and heart meridians. It can tonify the middle and benefit the qi, nourish the blood and tranquilize the spirit. It is used for spleen deficiency with low food intake, loose stools (scanty and unformed feces), and dirty agitation in women (upset and depression, sadness and wanting to cry for no reason).
Patients are advised to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor, do not take the medicine on your own to avoid delaying the condition.