葛根
| Name (CN) | 葛根 (Gěgēn) |
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| Synonyms (CN) | 葛、粉葛根、甘葛、干葛、粉葛、鹿藿、煨葛根、葛麻茹、葛子根、葛条根、鸡齐根 |
| Name (EN) | Lobed Kudzuvine Root, Root Of Lobed Kudzuvin, Root Of Thomson Kudzuvine, Kudzuvine Root |
| Scientific name(s) | Puerariae Lobatae Radix |
| Used section | Dry Root |
| Taste | Sweet、Spicy |
| Channel Tropism | Induce in the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. |
| Cold/Hot properties | Cold |
| Group | Plant [Vegetables And Products] |
| Origin | Dried root of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi, Leguminosae. |
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| Function and treatment | It is used to relieve muscle fever, relieve thirst, relieve rash, raise Yang and stop diarrhea, invigorate the meridians and detoxify wine. For external fever and headache, strong pain in the collar and back, thirst, thirst, rash, dysentery, diarrhoea, dizziness and headache, stroke and hemiplegia, chest paralysis and cardiac pain, and poisoning by alcohol. |
| Origin and best harvesting period | Kudzu root is mainly produced in Henan, Hunan, Zhejiang and Sichuan; kudzu vine is mainly produced in Guangxi and Guangdong. Kudzu root can be harvested in spring around Qingming, in autumn after frost and in winter when the ground is not frozen. After the autumn frost, the starch content of kudzu is at its highest and it is most suitable for collection at this time. |