Psoralea

Latin Name: Cullen corylifolium

Chinese Name: BuGuZhi

Traditional Uses

Actions: Supplements kidneys, warms spleen, and regulates urination; has coronary artery-dilating, antibacterial, skin-regenerating, and anti-tumor effects.

Applications: Kidney impairment, diarrhea, enuresis, urinary frequency, chill-cold of the loins and the knees. It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to increase white blood cell count after cancer treatments, most effective on bone tumor and its metastasis, brain tumors, and kidney cancer.

Reference: Hung-yen Hsu, Ph.D. and Associates: Oriental Materia Medica A Concise Guide 1986, Keats Publishing