In southern China, many families grow pueraria lobata as food, slice it in the sun, eat it directly when it is used, and grind it into powder to brew water, which has a very outstanding health care effect.
Pueraria lobata contains many beneficial ingredients, such as xylitol, daidzein, soybean yolk, ketoside puerarin and other trace elements. Reasonable drinking will bring many benefits to the body.
However, it should be noted that although Pueraria lobata has outstanding effects, it is not suitable for everyone.
Maintenance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Related clinical evidence shows that Puerarin contained in Pueraria lobata can promote myocardial oxygen metabolism, dilate blood vessels and improve internal blood circulation, and has a good effect on arrhythmia, insomnia and dreaminess, climacteric syndrome, hypertension and coronary heart disease.
help produce saliva and slake thirst
Pueraria lobata enters the oral cavity and synthesizes with catabolic enzymes to stimulate the secretion of salivary enzymes, which suddenly produces saliva, produces saliva to quench thirst, and relieves throat discomfort and hoarseness. Especially the effect of preventing upper respiratory tract infection is outstanding.
Recuperate climacteric syndrome
Isoflavones in Pueraria lobata can effectively regulate endocrine, which has a good improvement effect on insomnia, dreaminess, irritability, anxiety and depression in climacteric syndrome, and at the same time helps to soothe the nerves, help sleep and relieve the situation of waking up in the middle of the night.
Prevention and treatment of fatty liver
Modern people eat a lot of fish, overeat and have fatty liver. Pueraria lobata can promote the regeneration of liver cells, return to normal, accelerate the bile secretion of liver, and help digest and decompose fat.
Improve memory
The extracted kudzuvine root powder can improve a person's memory. It can treat senile dementia, mental retardation, memory decline and so on, because it acts on the central nervous system to mobilize active cells in the brain, better study and explore, and improve the activity of thinking ability.
relieve/neutralize the effect of alcoholic drink
Pueraria lobata can help decompose alcohol, reduce the stimulation to the body, accelerate metabolism, better promote the discharge of ethyl alcohol and ether, maintain the detoxification of liver cells, protect the liver and care for gastrointestinal function.
1. Patients with hypoglycemia
The reason why hypoglycemia patients can't eat pueraria lobata is because puerarin can lower blood sugar in the body. Pueraria lobata powder is sticky after brewing, which will affect blood sugar circulation, participate in blood sugar, transit metabolism, and then continue to lower blood sugar. Therefore, patients with hypoglycemia are not recommended to eat pueraria lobata powder. Usually, a small amount of it can be drunk once a month.
2. Patients with deficiency-cold constitution
Many people are cold and weak, so it is better for such people to drink less Pueraria lobata powder, because Pueraria lobata will aggravate the accumulation of moisture, leading to cold hands and feet, especially during the menstrual period of pregnancy, which is easy to cause dysmenorrhea or threatened abortion.
3. Patients with low blood pressure
Puerarin in pueraria lobata powder can promote blood circulation and lower blood pressure, so patients with hypotension can't drink pueraria lobata powder, otherwise it will aggravate the condition and is not conducive to the increase of blood pressure. Pueraria lobata powder is very suitable for patients with hypertension. Drinking it 2~3 times a week can effectively lower blood pressure, alleviate its side effects, and reduce swelling and diuresis.
4. Pregnant women
Women in pregnancy have endocrine disorders and heavy body moisture. If you drink Pueraria lobata powder at this time, it will affect the development of the fetus and lead to threatened abortion. It is recommended to eat some warm food to nourish yourself and the fetus, which is of great benefit to the body.
Tips:
Nowadays, people pay attention to national fitness and health preservation, so Chinese herbal medicines such as pueraria lobata powder and Lycium barbarum are very popular, but it needs to be remembered that not everyone is suitable for eating. Before taking them, strictly follow the doctor's advice, take the medicine according to the symptoms and sit in the right place.