Chinese: ku shen
English: sophora root, flavescent sophora root, bitter ginseng root
Pharmaceutical: Sophorae flavescentis Radix
Properties: Bitter, cold
Standard Species: Sophora flavescens Ait.
Sophora flavescens Ait – University of Kumamoto, Medicinal Herb Garden
(Photo by TH Tanaka)
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