Kudzu root is liver protection.
Kudzu root is a kind of medicinal and food material used in traditional Chinese medicine to quench alcohol, it has the effect of generating fluids and quenching thirst, quenching the effect of alcohol, there have been several experiments to prove that kudzu root has a protective effect on acute alcohol poisoning, the flavonoids in it can reduce the concentration of alcohol in the blood and reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver.
On the other hand, during fasting or starvation, the body maintains stable blood sugar through gluconeogenesis or breakdown of glycogen, while alcohol inhibits the gluconeogenesis process and stimulates insulin secretion, which leads to post-drunken hypoglycemia, which may even lead to death in some cases due to the difficulty in distinguishing between "drunkenness" and hypoglycemic coma. Pueraria Mirifica is rich in starch and can be consumed before meals to protect the stomach and help replenish blood sugar in time to avoid liver damage. Mung beans here will mainly play a diuretic, promote the role of alcohol excretion.
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Kudzu is cold in nature and should not be used by people with deficiency cold, as consumption tends to aggravate deficiency cold. It is best not to eat with meat, wine, coffee, chili and so on. Long-term use of Pueraria lobata will have the side effect of causing stomach cold.
During the period of taking Pueraria lobata, avoid spicy and stimulating food, avoid smoking, alcohol, ginger, garlic, leeks, dog meat, parsley, celery and other hot foods.
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