Chinese
Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit is the dried sterile fruit of Gleditsia
sinensis Lam. (Fam. Leguminosae).
Action:
To dispel phlegm,
to restore consciosness, and to reduce nodulation and cause
the subsidence of swelling.
Indications:
Loss of consciousness in stroke and epilepsy; sore
throat, dyspnea and cough with phlegm difficult to spit out;
constipation; external use for subcutaneous pyogenic infections.
Usage: Mostly
to be used in making pills or powders; for external use, appropriate
quantity to be ground into powder for blowing into nostrils
to induce sneezing or for topical application after mixed
with liquid.
Precaution:
Contraindicated in pregnancy and patients with
hemoptysis or hematemesis.
