Ge Gen uses the root as the main part of the medicine. This medicine has the functions of promoting yang and stopping diarrhea, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, relieving muscle and reducing fever.
The efficacy and function of Ge Gen
1. Clear heat
Ge Gen not only has heat-clearing effect, but also can cure thirst (diabetes).
2. Anti-exterior function
Ge Gen's anti-exterior function can be used no matter for wind-heat or wind-cold syndrome. It is often used in combination with heat-clearing medicines to treat upper respiratory tract infections.
3. Sunrise
The rising yang of Ge Gen can generate spleen and stomach Qingyang Qi, which has the property of diverging and dredging.
4. Antidiarrheal
Ge Gen is pungent in taste, which can make the body clear up and relieve diarrhea. In modern times, kudzu root is also used to treat gastroptosis, constipation, poor bile secretion and poor movement of gastrointestinal smooth muscle.
5. Hangover hangover
Ge Gen is helpful for excessive drinking, damage to the spleen and stomach, resulting in thirst, poor appetite, and vomiting. The active ingredients of Ge Gen can accelerate the metabolism and excretion of ethanol in the body, helping sober up and relieve hangover headaches. If you are unconscious after drunkenness, you can drink it with fresh Ge root juice; if you drink too much and cause vomiting, you can take Gehua Wan.
Modern pharmacological effects
1. Antiarrhythmic effect
Its antiarrhythmic effect is the ethanol extract of kudzu root, daidzein, kudzu root flavonoids and other components in the drug.
2. Protect patients from myocardial ischemia
The active ingredients of Ge Gen are isoflavones, etc., which can resist the apoptosis of ischemic and hypoxic endothelial cells, help maintain the barrier function of vascular endothelial cells, and reduce the inflammatory response after ischemia.
3. Lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, lowering blood sugar effect
Pueraria flavonoids in the main ingredient of Ge Gen have the effects of lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, and can significantly repair the damage of vascular endothelial cells caused by glycation end products.
4. Protective effect on liver damage
5. Anti-tumor effect
6. Anti-oxidative free radicals, the efficacy and role of immunity
Matters needing attention
1. Since Ge Gen is sweet and pungent in nature, it is easy to vomit, so those with cold stomach should take it with caution;
2. People with excessive sweating in summer should not take it; it should not be taken for a long time, as it may hurt the stomach.
3. In addition, "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Ge Gen, the one that tastes sweet is Gange, and the one that tastes bitter is bitter." Puerariae is generally used as (commonly used) medicine. Bitter kudzu is the root tuber of the same plant Pueraria yunnanensis (distributed in Yunnan, Tibet and other places). It tastes bitter but not sweet, and is poisonous. It is generally used for the preparation of pesticides and is not used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Compatibility
1. Ge Gen with Huang Lian: Pueraria lobata is light and clear, can stimulate the spleen and stomach to raise the Qi of Qingyang to stop diarrhea; Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold, clears away heat and dampness to stop diarrhea. The two medicines are used together to enhance the power of clearing heat, drying damp and stopping diarrhea and dysentery. It is commonly used to treat diarrhea and dysentery caused by damp-heat accumulation in the large intestine.
2. Ge Gen with Bai Zhu: Pueraria lobata root is light and clear, can stimulate the spleen and stomach to raise the qi of clear yang, and achieve the effect of relieving diarrhea; The combination of the two medicines has the effect of invigorating the spleen, promoting yang and relieving diarrhea. It is often used to treat loose stools, lack of food and fatigue caused by spleen deficiency.
3. Ge Gen with Jiang Xiang and Shi Chang Pu: Pueraria lobata is good at elevating the Qi of the spleen and stomach to clear yang; Combined use of the three medicines, elevating and unblocking together, clearing up and turbidity down, phlegm and blood stasis dispelled, Qi movement smooth. It is often used to treat chest obstruction and heartache caused by phlegm and blood stasis blocking the chest.
Chinese herbal medicine Ge Gen supplier - Tianjin Pharmaceutical
Tianjiang Pharmaceutical is a professional manufacturer of traditional Chinese medicine, is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co., Ltd. which is under the China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (“Sino Pharm”).
At present, Tianjiang produces more than 700 kinds of plant extracts such as plant roots, stems, skins, flowers, fruits, seeds, leaves, and mushrooms. Plant raw materials come directly from more than 300 farms (including 66 of Tianjiang's own farms) to ensure quality from seed to finished product. Tianjiang products are also exported to more than 30 countries and regions around the world.
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