Soapnut bark is generally considered to be soap pods, which have the effect of dispersing knots and eliminating swelling, expelling phlegm and opening the orifices, which can improve epileptic phlegm, persistent phlegm, asthma and coughing, carbuncle and swelling, and other various diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the big soapnut is warm in nature, pungent and salty in flavor, with the efficacy of expelling phlegm and opening the orifices, dispersing lumps and swelling, and killing worms and dispersing knots.
It is good at removing stubborn phlegm, and good at promoting the lung and asthma ephedra, can cure stubborn phlegm obstructing the lung, coughing and phlegm. Combined with Sinensis, it can strengthen the effect of opening and closing the orifices, and is effective in treating phlegm and saliva congestion (abnormal phlegm and excessive production of saliva), blocking the orifices, stroke, epilepsy, phlegmatic syncope and other diseases. It is also effective in treating carbuncles and swellings by applying a powdered mixture to the affected area.
This medicine has some toxicity, pregnant women and patients with hemoptysis and hematemesis should not take. If you need to use the medicine, you must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, to avoid self-application resulting in organic damage.