Pig Tooth Soap

Gleditsia sinensis, a plant of the genus Gleditsia sinensis in the Leguminosae family, is a deformed small pod produced due to trauma. It is harvested in autumn, impurities are removed, and it is sun-dried. It is cylindrical, slightly flat and curved. The surface is purple-brown or purple-brown, covered with gray-white waxy powder, which is shiny after being wiped off, and has small wart-like protrusions and linear or reticular cracks. There are bird-beak-like style residues at the top and fruit stalk residues at the base. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, with a brown-yellow cross section, loose in the middle, with light green or light brown-yellow filaments, and occasionally underdeveloped seeds. It has a slight odor and is irritating, and tastes sweet first and then spicy.

The efficacy and function of pig tooth soap

It can clear the orifices, remove phlegm, remove wind, and kill insects. It can treat lockjaw caused by stroke, head wind, wind chronicity, throat paralysis, phlegm and asthma, fullness and stagnation, obstruction of the joints, carbuncle, scabies, ringworm, and head sore.

① "Ben Jing": It treats wind paralysis, dead muscles, evil spirits, wind-induced tears, and benefits the nine orifices.

② "Bielu": Treats abdominal distension, helps digestion, eliminates cough and cysts, prevents the loss of placenta in women, improves eyesight and improves sperm quality.

③ "Medicinal Properties": It is used to break up hard masses, relieve abdominal pain, and induce abortion. Soak the soapberry in wine, extract all its essence, fry it into a paste, apply it to silk, stick it on all swellings and poisons, and it can also relieve pain.

④ "Rihuazi Bencao": It can clear joints, eliminate headaches, eliminate phlegm, and kill parasites. It can treat bone steaming, stimulate appetite, and lockjaw caused by stroke.

⑤Wang Haogu: Press liver wind and drain liver qi.

⑥ "Bencao Huibian": Burning smoke can cause long-term diarrhea and rectal prolapse.

⑦ "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can clear the lungs and large intestine, treat throat congestion, phlegm, asthma, cough, wind plague, and scabies.

⑧ "Bencao Shu": It is mainly used to treat heatstroke, sore throat, epilepsy caused by wind evil, dizziness caused by wind saliva, chest and diaphragm obstruction, vomiting and nausea, eliminate rheumatism and swelling, and promote bowel movements.

【Usage and Dosage】Oral use: decoct in water, 0.5-1 qian; or make into pills or powder. External use: decoct in water, wash, grind into powder and mix or apply, blow into the nose, boil into paste and apply, burn and smoke.

Nutritional value of pig tooth soap

The fruit of Gleditsia sinensis contains saponins.

The medicinal value of pig tooth soap

【Nature and flavor】

Spicy, salty, warm, poisonous.

① "Ben Jing": spicy and salty, warm.

② "Bie Lu": slightly poisonous.

③ "Pharmaceutical Chemistry": It tastes very spicy and is hot in nature.

④ "Changsha Yaojie": tastes bitter and astringent.

【Meridian】

Enters the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians.

① "Tangye Bencao": enters the Jueyin meridian.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": Enter the Taiyin and Yangming meridians.

③ "Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie" says: It enters the liver and stomach meridians.

Side effects of pig tooth soap

There are no side effects at present. This product is toxic and should be taken with caution.

Taboos for using pig tooth soap

The weak and pregnant women should not take it.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: Amaranthus chinensis (also known as Cypress) is the envoy. It dislikes Radix Ophiopogonis. It is afraid of Radix Ginseng, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis and Radix Sophorae Flavescentis.

② "Pin Hui Jing Yao": Do not take during pregnancy.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Elderly people with weak Qi should not use it

④ "Depei Materia Medica": It is forbidden to use for those with yin deficiency, excessive phlegm, and extreme heat that generates wind.