Pueraria lobata is a classic medicine with a long history. It was first recorded in Shennong Materia Medica Classic and listed as a Chinese product. It comes from the dried roots of pueraria lobata or pueraria lobata, a leguminous plant. In spoken language, Pueraria lobata and Pueraria lobata are the same plant, so they can be used together. However, in order to ensure the accuracy of drug use, China Pharmacopoeia has been based on different sources of plants since the 25 edition. Pueraria lobata from different places
Pueraria lobata is the dry root of pueraria lobata, a leguminous plant. Pueraria lobata is produced all over the country (except Xinjiang and Tibet), and there are many wild resources, mainly in Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui and Zhejiang, with different names in different places. Pueraria lobata is also called Pueraria lobata or Pueraria lobata in some places. Pueraria lobata
Pueraria lobata is the dry root of Leguminosae plant Pueraria lobata, which is mostly cultivated. It is mainly produced in Guangxi and Guangdong, and is also gradually developed and planted in Jiangxi and Hunan, and also produced in Sichuan and Yunnan. 3 Pueraria lobata with different properties
Pueraria lobata (Pueraria lobata) is complete and mostly cylindrical, and the goods are often obliquely cut and longitudinally cut pieces. The skin is light brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, rough, yellow-white section, rough, fibrous, tough, odorless and slightly sweet. Pueraria lobata
Pueraria lobata is cylindrical, spindle-like or semi-cylindrical, and its products are often irregular thick slices or cubic blocks, with yellow-white or light brown surface and yellow-white section. Light brown concentric rings formed by fibers can be seen in the transverse section, and several longitudinal lines formed by fibers can be seen in the longitudinal section. It is heavy, hard, powdery, slightly fragrant and slightly sweet. 4 different taste and efficacy
Pueraria lobata has higher puerarin content than Pueraria lobata, so Pueraria lobata is mainly used for extraction. In addition, Pueraria lobata's main effective components are puerarin and total flavonoids of Pueraria lobata, which have the functions of dilating coronary artery, improving myocardial metabolism, antiarrhythmic, improving microcirculation and cerebral circulation, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar and lipid, etc. Its effective component Puerarin has also been made into injections for clinical application to treat coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, diabetes and other diseases. Pueraria lobata
Pueraria lobata has a good taste and can be used as both medicine and food. It not only occupies a place in the field of medicine, but also can be eaten as a vegetable or sold as a health care product. Pueraria lobata has the functions of relieving muscle and fever, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating yang to stop diarrhea and relieving alcoholism. China is the main producing area of Pueraria lobata, and there are many researches on health food and functional food of Pueraria lobata in China. For example, Ge Fen, Pueraria lobata tea, Pueraria lobata vermicelli, Pueraria lobata beverage and other products are made from starch and isoflavones separated from Pueraria lobata, which are good health food.