1. Look at the appearance. The appearance of wild Pueraria lobata powder naturally cracks into irregular small pieces, with edges and corners, and a hard texture with rich yellow-brown puerarin oxides on the surface; there are also Pueraria lobata powder sold in the market that is in the shape of a face, but this is not necessarily the case. It’s fake, because there are also kudzu powder on the market that is specially machine-pulverized into powder, and it looks as fine as flour!

2. Look at the color of kudzu root powder after brewing. After the wild kudzu root powder is brewed successfully, the color will be transparent and yellowish brown (fake kudzu root powder is white, cultivated kudzu root powder is light yellow)

3. Test the taste! It has a delicate texture, does not stick to your teeth, has a natural earthy smell, and tastes natural! This method is very empirical and requires a certain amount of experience! This needs to be accumulated the day after tomorrow! Extended information

In addition to being rich in carbohydrates, essential amino acids, mineral elements and other nutrients, kudzu root also contains isoflavones and a small amount of flavonoids. Among them, daidzein, daidzein, and puerarin are the main active ingredients of Pueraria lobata, with Puerarin having the highest content. Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty conducted a systematic study on Pueraria lobata and believed that the stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and roots of Pueraria lobata can be used as medicine.

It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kudzu has a sweet, pungent, flat, and non-toxic nature. It is mainly used to treat: thirst, body fever, vomiting, and various disadvantages. It can induce yin qi and resolve various poisons. "Modern medical research shows that the isoflavone compound puerarin in Pueraria lobata has certain effects on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

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