Wild Pueraria Root is a traditional Chinese medicine. Do you know if wild Pueraria root can be eaten directly? What are the effects and functions of Pueraria root? Let's learn about the effects and functions of Pueraria root in Chinese medicine!
[Can Wild Pueraria Root be Eaten Directly?]
Wild Pueraria root cannot be eaten directly and needs to be processed before use.
Pueraria root is a perennial herb, 30-120 cm tall. It has fibrous roots and a short rhizome. The stem is clustered and three-sided; the leaves degenerate into two leaf sheaths, membranous, brown, and obliquely truncated at the top.
The spikelets are ovate-elliptic, 8-15 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, 3-20 in number, forming a lateral, solitary, head-like inflorescence; the bracts are three-sided, an extension of the stem, 2-10 cm long; the scales are ovate, pale brown, about 4 mm long, with a short tip at the apex, ridged, in imbricate arrangement, with the lower 1-2 empty, the others with one bisexual flower, the topmost one withered, and 6 downward-pointing hairs and thorns; stamens 3; stigma 3-lobed.
The small nutlets are inverted ovate or flattened three-sided, black and shiny when mature. The panicle stage is in July-August.
[An Introduction to the Effects and Functions of Pueraria Root]
Chinese medicine believes that Pueraria root has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and detoxification. It is mainly used for hot dysuria, urinary retention, abnormal vaginal discharge, and swollen and painful gums.
1. "Commonly Used Sichuan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Clears heat, diuretic. Used for toothache due to heat, dysuria, white discharge."
2. "Sichuan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Used for hot dysuria, urinary retention."
Dosage of Pueraria root:
Oral administration: Decoction, 1-2 liang of fresh root.
[Formulas and Applications of Pueraria Root]
1. For the treatment of hot dysuria and urinary retention: 30g of Pueraria root, 30g of Shiwei, 30g of Haijinsha. Decoction and take orally.
2. For the treatment of damp-heat vaginal discharge: 30g of Pueraria root, 30g of Sanbaicao. Decoction and take orally.
3. For the treatment of toothache due to stomach fire: 15g of Pueraria root, 15g of bitter buckwheat head, 15g of Digu Pi, 15g of Artemisia argyi. Decoction and take orally.
