Soapberry is used to treat stroke and epilepsy.

The fruit of the Gleditsia tree has a pungent, salty taste, is warm in nature, slightly toxic, clears nasal passages, expels phlegm, reduces swelling, and induces sneezing. The seeds have a pungent taste, are warm in nature, promote bowel movements, disperse lumps, and treat boils. The thorns have a pungent taste, are warm in nature, reduce swelling, shrink abscesses (in the form of a poultice), and have antiseptic properties…

Soapberry fruit helps to expel phlegm and reduce swelling.

Gleditsia sinensis, also known as Gleditsia acacia, grows wild and is cultivated throughout Vietnam. The parts used are the fruit (called Gleditsia acacia), the thorns (called Gleditsia acacia thorns), and the seeds (called Gleditsia acacia seeds). The fruit contains 10% yellow saponin, gleditsia BG saponin, and australozit saponin, along with five flavonoids: inteolin, saponaretin, vitestin, homorientin, and orientin. These five substances have antiviral activity, and sapogenin kills trichomoniasis. The thorns contain gleditsia saponin BG and palmitic acid. The fruit has a pungent, salty taste, is warm in nature, slightly toxic, clears nasal passages, expels phlegm, reduces swelling, and induces sneezing. The seeds have a pungent taste, are warm in nature, promote bowel movements, disperse lumps, and treat boils. The thorns have a pungent taste, are warm in nature, reduce swelling, and have antiseptic properties. The following are ways to use Gleditsia sinensis to treat diseases.

The thorns of the Gleditsia tree have many medicinal uses.

- To treat stroke with speechlessness, nasal congestion, sinusitis, and difficulty breathing: Burn the fruit and seeds, add a little mint, and blow into the nostrils to induce sneezing. Rub the gums to encourage the patient to open their mouth and regain consciousness. Steam the nostrils to facilitate breathing.

- For facial paralysis caused by stroke: Use 200g of soapberry, remove the peel, grind it into a powder, mix with aged vinegar. If the paralysis is on the right side, apply the mixture to the left side; if it is on the left side, apply the mixture to the right side. Repeat when dry.

- For epilepsy, phlegm buildup in the throat, foaming at the mouth, and wheezing asthma: Burn the soapberry fruit until it turns to ash, and add alum powder, in equal amounts. Take 3-6g daily, divided into several doses of 0.5g each. Stop when phlegm is expelled.

- Treatment for cough and asthma: 1g of soapberry, 1g of licorice, 1g of jujube, 1g of fresh ginger. Add 600ml of water, decoct until only 200ml remains, divide into 3 doses and drink throughout the day.

- For sores on the head, boils, and hair loss: burn soapberry to charcoal, grind it into a fine powder, and apply it to the sores and boils.

- To treat heatstroke (sunstroke) causing unconsciousness: Roast 40g of soapberry until charred, roast 40g of licorice root, grind into a fine powder, and take 40g with warm water.

- To treat a sore throat: Take a handful of soapberry, remove the peel, soak in vinegar, and roast it seven times, making sure it doesn't burn. Grind it into a fine powder, blow a small amount into the throat, and repeat several times until mucus and saliva are expelled. This will cure the sore throat.

- Epilepsy caused by wind evil: 160g of charred Gleditsia sinensis, 40g of honey, 160g of dried roots, leaves, and stems of Xanthium strumarium. All ingredients are dried, ground into a fine powder, mixed with rice porridge, and formed into pills the size of corn kernels. Coat with cinnabar. Take 30 pills twice daily with jujube juice. After 3 days, gradually reduce to 20 pills.

- For swollen and painful chilblains: Take equal amounts of soapberry and red adzuki beans, grind them into a powder, mix with alcohol and vinegar, and apply to the affected area.

- To treat newly contracted colds and typhoid fever, regardless of whether it's a yin or yang syndrome: Take a handful of soapberry, roast it, then grind it into a powder and mix it with boiled water to drink.

- To treat sudden dizziness and blurred vision: Blow soapberry powder through the nose to induce sneezing, and the symptoms will disappear.

- Fish bone stuck in the throat: Blow soapberry powder into the nose to induce sneezing, expelling the fish bone and relieving the throat pain.

- Difficulty with urination and defecation: Grind 15g of dried soapberry into a powder and drink with warm water to cure the problem.

-Treatment for toothache caused by wind-heat: Take one soapberry fruit, remove the seeds, then fill it with salt, add a little alum, tie it tightly with yellow clay, and then heat it in a fire. Take it out and grind it into a powder. Rub the soapberry powder on your teeth every day; it is very effective.

- To treat tooth decay causing pain: Rub powdered soapberry onto the decayed tooth; if you gag, vomit it out. Alternatively, mix equal amounts of soapberry and salt, grind them into a fine powder, and rub it onto the decayed tooth several times a day.

- To treat vomiting and diarrhea: take a pea-sized amount of soapberry powder and blow it into the nose; if you sneeze, the symptoms will disappear.

- Treatment for hemorrhoids: Take 5 soapberry fruits, crush them, and soak them in 2 liters of boiling water. Let it cool gradually, pour it into a large basin, and sit with your buttocks immersed in the soapberry water. The hemorrhoids will shrink on their own. After the hemorrhoids have shrunk, boil soapberry water and wash your lower back, upper abdomen, and lower abdomen to allow the soapberry's energy to circulate, preventing recurrence.

- Treatment of chronic amoebic dysentery: Equal amounts of powdered soapberry fruit and dried phrfn (a type of herb), 2g per day, divided into two doses. Alternatively, roasted soapberry seeds are ground into powder and made into pills the size of corn kernels. Take 10-12 pills early in the morning.

- Pain in one side of the penis: Roast soapberry (Gleditsia sinensis) until finely ground, mix with water, and apply to the painful area.

- Constipation, bloating, urinary retention: Burn soapnut until it turns to ash, grind it into powder, mix with peanut oil or sesame oil, soak a cotton ball with the mixture, and insert it into the anus. Use 0.2 grams each time. Repeat several times to relieve flatulence and improve bowel and bladder function.

- For children with scalp sores and baldness: Use roasted and finely ground soapnut, remove the scabs on the scalp, and apply the soapnut paste. This should be done no more than 3 times for a cure.

- To treat persistent dysentery that doesn't respond to other medications: grind dried soapberry seeds into a fine powder, mix with rice water, and form into pills the size of corn kernels. Take 40-50 pills with warm water each time.

-Treatment for bleeding from leprosy: Use 40 grams each of soapberry seeds and pagoda tree seeds, roast rice bran until fragrant, discard the bran, and grind the herbs into a fine powder. Take 4 grams each time with rice water.

- To treat drooling in children with spleen heat and phlegm: 20g of soapberry seeds, 4g of dried and roasted Pinellia ternata soaked in ginger water (repeat 7 times), grind together finely, mix with ginger water, and form into pills the size of peppercorns. Take one pill once a day with warm water.

- To treat toothache caused by cavities: Put powdered soapberry seeds into a thin, soft cloth, wrap it around your finger, put it in hot vinegar, and hold it in your mouth 3-5 times a day.

- To treat dark spots and acne on the face: Use equal amounts of soapberry seeds and almonds, grind them well. Before going to bed, mix with water and apply to the face and acne.

- For children with tongue swelling (the tongue is swollen as if there are two tongues): Burn the acacia thorns to ash, mix with a little camphor, place under the tongue, and close the mouth. Spit out the excess saliva. Change the compress three times a day.

- To treat frequent urination or inability to urinate: roast the acacia thorns until they are charred, and take Psoralea corylifolia seeds in equal amounts, grind them into a powder, and drink with wine.

- Treatment for rectal bleeding: Use 80 grams of acacia thorn ash, 40 grams of roasted Sophora japonica flowers, 40 grams of roasted walnut kernels, and 40 grams of roasted Psoralea corylifolia, grind them into a fine powder. Take 4 grams each time with rice water.

- Treatment of breast abscess: Mix 40g of charred Gleditsia sinensis thorns with 4g of powdered clam shell. Take 4g each time with warm wine.

According to Health and Life