Traditional Chinese Medicine/Ge Gen
Name Means:
- Ge-Coarse grass linen
- Gen-Root
English Name:
- kudzu root
- pueraria
Chinese Name:
- 葛根 (Pinyin: gé gēn)
Latin Name:
- Radix Puerariae
Taste & Temperature:
Channels:
- Foot Tai Yin of Spleen
- Foot Yang Ming of Stomach
Actions & Indications:
- disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
- raise Yang Qi
- diarrhea
- release muscles & clear heat
- nourish fluids & alleviate thirst
- treat hypertension
- treat heart and brain diseases due to lack of blood circulation [1][2]
Contraindication:
- Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
Caution:
- Yin deficiency
- Blood deficiency
- chronic skin infection
Dosage:
- 2-4 qian (6-12 grams)
References
edit- ↑ Haiying Liu, Nongxue Qiu, Huihuang Ding, Ruiqi Yao. “Polyphenols contents and antioxidant capacity of 68 Chinese herbals suitable for medical or food uses”, Food Research International, Volume 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-370.
- ↑ China Pharmacopoeia Committee. (2000). Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China (Vol. 1). Beijing: China Chemical Industry Press.
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