Kaibei

Japanese: 槐米 - かいべい
Kaibei

…Young leaves are boiled and eaten, and used as a substitute for tea. In traditional Chinese medicine, the buds are called kaika (or kaibei). They contain flavonoids, rutin, and triterpenoids, and are used as a hemostatic agent, while the legumes are called sophora frutescens (or sophora horn), and are used as a hemostatic agent and hemorrhoidal remedy. …

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Japanese:

…若葉はゆでて食用とし,また茶の代用とした。漢方ではつぼみを槐花(かいか)(または槐米(かいべい))とよぶ。フラボノイド,ルチンrutinなどのほかにトリテルペノイドを含み,止血薬とし,豆果を槐実(または槐角)とよび,止血薬や痔薬とする。…

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