Psoralea fruit

Ingredient Profile

Modern Research Perspective

Psoralea fruit contains coumarins, flavonoids, and other constituents with experimental anti-inflammatory, bone, immune, and reproductive signals. Some constituents and extracts have been associated with liver injury and photosensitivity in modern safety literature.

Human evidence for a standardized single material is limited, while adverse-event reports make authentication, dose, liver monitoring, photosensitivity precautions, interactions, and long-term safety especially important.

Traditional Function

In traditional Chinese medicine, Psoralea Fruit is bitter, pungent, and warm. It is used to tonify Kidney yang, secure essence, warm the Spleen, and support deficiency-related urinary or reproductive symptoms. Its warming nature and safety profile require careful dosing.