Description

Sophora flavescens has been recorded and used for more than 1800 years. As a widely distributed and effective herbal medicine, it severed as a cure for asthma, sores, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, diarrhea, allergy, inflammation in eastern Asian countries. Main chemical components of S. flavescens include flavonoids, alkaloids, alkylxanthones, quinones, triterpene glycosides, fatty acids as well as essential oils.