According to legend, during the Jin Dynasty, when the plague was prevalent, Ge Hong, a famous Chinese medical scientist, found a green vine plant at the foot of Maoshan Mountain and used the "root" of this plant to save the lives of many people. In order to commemorate him, the local people named the plant "Ge", and its root is called "Gegen" in English which is Pueraria lobata root.
What is Pueraria lobata root?
Pueraria root has great medicinal and edible value, and is known as "Asian ginseng". Pueraria root powder is also known as "longevity powder". Its main chemical components are puerarin, puerarin flavone, puerarin xyloside, daidzein, and so on. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Pueraria has the effects of improving heart, cerebrovascular circulation, hypoglycemia, lipid-lowering, liver protection, and hangover.
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What main applications of Pueraria root?
1.β-blocker, dilate blood vessels
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that total flavonoids and puerarin can not only improve myocardial oxygen metabolism, but also dilate blood vessels, improve microcirculation, reduce vascular resistance, increase coronary blood flow, anti-platelet aggregation, and extensive β-receptor blockade effect. According to relevant data, much traditional Chinese medicine commonly use Pueraria (30-60g) in clinical work to treat cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, arrhythmia, insomnia, anxiety, and other diseases, and has obtained good clinical effects.
2. Protect stomach and liver, hangover and hangover
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Pueraria lobata can not only ease the absorption of alcohol in the stomach, protect the gastric mucosa, but also promote the decomposition and excretion of alcohol in the liver, reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver, and relieve headaches, bloating and flushing after drinking. red ears and other symptoms. Pueraria lobata juice drink can reduce the blood alcohol concentration and restore the abnormal blood viscosity caused by ethanol to normal.
3. Nourishes beauty, whitening, and anti-aging
Pueraria has a certain effect of clearing heat and dampness, nourishing and beautifying, whitening and anti-aging. Studies have shown that Pueraria is rich in isoflavones (puerarin), which are beneficial to the removal of free radicals, enhance the skin's antioxidant capacity, and achieve the effect of whitening the skin.
4. Lowering hypoglycemic
Pueraria decoction and its effective monomers (puerarin, puerarin total flavonoids, etc.) mainly through regulating the levels of related sugar and lipid metabolism factors in patients, enhancing the body's sensitivity to insulin in new-onset type 2 diabetes patients, and improving patients' body obesity and fatigue. Fatigue, dry mouth, thirst, and other symptoms have clear lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic effects.
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