What are the producing areas of Robinia pseudoacacia?

Sophora pseudoacacia is also known as Sophora, Robinia pseudoacacia, Sophora japonica, bark, branches and leaves, buds, flowers and seeds.

Distribution of producing areas of Robinia pseudoacacia

Robinia pseudoacacia is native to China and is widely cultivated in the north and south provinces of China, especially in North China and the Loess Plateau. It is also distributed in Japan and Vietnam, wild in Korea and introduced in Europe and America.

The producing environment of Robinia pseudoacacia

Robinia pseudoacacia likes light but is slightly shade-tolerant, can adapt to colder climate, has deep and developed roots, and has lax requirements on soil. It can grow normally in acidic to calcareous and mild saline-alkali soil, even when the salt content is about 0.15%. It is resistant to wind, drought and barren, especially adapting to adverse environmental conditions such as urban soil consolidation, but it grows poorly in low-lying stagnant water and has strong resistance to pollution such as sulfur dioxide and soot. It grows faster when young, and then grows at a medium speed, and its life is very long. the old tree is easy to become hollow, but the life span of latent buds is long, which is beneficial to crown renewal.

Medicinal value of Robinia pseudoacacia

1. Sophora leaves: clearing liver and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxification, dryness and dampness to kill insects, the main children shock, strong heat, intestinal wind, urine blood, hemorrhoids, eczema, scabies, carbuncle furuncle swelling.

2. Locust twig: dissipating blood stasis and hemostasis, clearing heat and dryness, dispelling wind and killing insects, main collapse and leakage, red leucorrhea, hemorrhoids, scrotal wet itching, heartache, red eyes, scabies.

3. Locust root: dissipating blood stasis, detumescence, insecticidal, main hemorrhoids, throat arthralgia, ascariasis.

4. Locust horn: cool blood and stop bleeding, clear liver and clear eyes, main hemorrhoid bleeding, intestinal wind blood, blood dysentery, metrorrhagia, hemolysis, hematemesis, liver heat, red eyes, dizziness.