What is medical effect of pueraria lobata?

Pueraria lobata root is a kind of medicine and food. It has a very good effect on our health. It is often used as a soup in some areas in the south. In addition, it can also be used as a hangover material.

Pueraria lobata is the root of the leguminous plant Pueraria lobata or Pueraria lobata (the former is called pueraria lobata root, and the latter is called pueraria lobata root). It has the effects of quenching thirst, promoting yang and relieving diarrhea, activating the meridians, and relieving alcohol and toxins. It is used for exogenous fever, headache, strong back pain, thirst and desire to drink, quenching thirst, continuous diarrhea, and alcohol injures the stomach. Modern studies have found that Pueraria lobata also protects the cardiovascular system, lowers blood pressure, and lowers blood sugar. Good use of Pueraria lobata can have many functions, let's learn together!

The origin of Pueraria lobata

There are many interesting legends about the origin of Pueraria lobata, Xiao Gu selected one of the more widely circulated stories to tell you.

According to legend, in ancient times, an official surnamed Ge was a Qingzheng official but was framed by a traitorous official and was murdered. Only the youngest son escaped successfully and became the only blood of the Ge family.

The Ge family's youngest son was later rescued by an old pharmaceutical farmer in the mountains. He learned the medical skills of saving the world and people with the old pharmaceutical farmer, and he also knew how to identify medicinal materials. He made good use of a kind of white, fat and solid grass root as medicine, and healed many patients. Whether it was those with persistent fever, diarrhea of dampness and heat, or those with pains and polydipsia, they could be cured with this root.

People asked what is the root of this herb? The youngest son of the Ge family couldn't help but think of the old medicine farmer's kindness and his life experience. Because the old man kept a "root" for the Ge family, he casually named the name of this herb: Pueraria lobata .

The medicinal value of Pueraria lobata

1. Protect the cardiovascular system

Pueraria lobata contains a variety of bioactive components that are beneficial to cardiovascular health, such as isoflavones, puerarin, etc., which can dilate coronary arteries and cerebral blood vessels, improve heart and cerebral blood circulation, and are good for coronary heart disease.

2. Regulate endocrine

The content of flavonoids in Pueraria lobata root is about 12%, and more than 10 functional components such as isoflavones (phytoestrogens), daidzein, puerarin, etc., can significantly regulate endocrine and balance estrogen in the body, especially in wild Pueraria lobata root. The isoflavones are the phytoestrogen-like substances with the highest content and activity in plants found so far.

3. Lower blood sugar and blood lipids

Studies have shown that the traditional prescription GegenQinlian Decoction in Zhang Zhongjing’s Treatise on Febrile Diseases has a significant hypoglycemic effect, and studies have shown that it has a clear effect on lowering fasting blood sugar.

Modern studies have shown that the main pharmaceutical ingredients of Pueraria lobata are isoflavones, daidzein, puerarin, etc. Regular consumption can lower blood sugar and blood lipids, especially for high blood lipids with elevated cholesterol.

4. Protect the cervical spine

When you feel wind-cold and strong pain in your neck and back, you can use Pueraria lobata to boil water to relieve it. If the neck stiffness is caused by poor blood flow, in addition to drinking Pueraria lobata root tea, you can also use Pueraria lobata root, cassia twig, and ginger to warm the neck and back, and use this water to soak your feet to relieve the stiffness of the cervical spine.

Edible Pueraria lobata

Generally speaking, Pueraria lobata root is more used for medicinal purposes, while Pueraria lobata powder is more used in ordinary diets. Its medicinal effects are slightly

different, but more consideration is the problem of taste. Pueraria lobata root has more fiber and tastes a little worse; Pueraria lobata root is sweeter, more powdery, and has a better taste.

1. Chai Gegen: soaking and boiling juice instead of tea

Chai Pueraria lobata root is a substitute for tea. Generally, 15 to 30 grams of Chai Pueraria lobata root pieces are taken every day, soaked in hot water or decocted to obtain the juice. This tea is most suitable for people with stiff necks. If you want to hangover after drinking, you can also drink a bowl of Pueraria lobata tea.

In addition, drinking Pueraria lobata tea regularly can also help protect cardiovascular health, assist in lowering blood sugar and blood pressure, which is very suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.

2. Fen Pueraria lobata root: adjust it into a paste or make porridge to eat

Pueraria lobata root can be mashed into powder and mixed with water to make a paste to eat (like lotus root flour), or it can replace starch or cornstarch to thicken. The vegetable juice is thick and delicious and rich in nutrients. The consumption of kudzu powder is 10-20g/day.

You can also cook porridge with kudzu root powder. Put 20 grams of kudzu root powder and 50 grams of japonica rice in a casserole, add 1 liter of water, boil on high heat and cook on low heat until thick. This porridge has the effects of clearing heat, removing troubles, and promoting body fluids and detoxification.