What exactly is pueraria root?

Pueraria lobata is the dried root of Pueraria lobata, which is commonly known as Pueraria lobata. It is dug in autumn and winter and cut into thick or small pieces while fresh, dry. Sweet, pungent, cool, has the function of relieving muscle fever, penetrating rash, promoting body fluid and relieving thirst, rising yang and relieving diarrhea, often used to show fever, neck and back pain, measles impermeable, fever and thirst, yin deficiency thirst, heat diarrhea, spleen deficiency diarrhea and so on.

Pueraria lobata is a woody vine with thick tuberous roots, gray-brown branches, pinnately Ternate leaves, racemes axillary, shorter than leaves, total pedicels Adnate white pubescent, dense flowers, pods oblong, flat, 4 cm long, 10 mm wide, densely covered with yellow-brown hirsute, containing 2-10 seeds, flowering from July to August, and fruiting from September to October.

Wild kudzu is highly adaptable, mostly distributed in sunny and humid hillsides and woodland roadsides, likes warm and humid environment, has certain cold and drought tolerance, is not very strict on soil, and is productive in most parts of China. Mainly distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

Kudzu has long been used as a food supplement in Asian countries, and the most common way is to take it in the form of tea or powder. The climate in southeastern Asia is particularly suitable for the growth of Pueraria lobata, which was first discovered in China and Japan. It was introduced to the United States in the 1930s. In summer, wild kudzu vines and roots grow with each passing day, and without pruning, they may outstrip trees, telephone poles and buildings.

Pueraria powder, also known as Pueraria lobata, is the medicinal source of Pueraria lobata and Pueraria lobata, which can be divided into Pueraria starch and Pueraria powder. The difference between them lies in the different processing technology and the different content of medicinal ingredients, which contains 12% flavonoids, such as puerarin, soybean flavonoid glycosides, probiotics and other nutrients, as well as proteins, amino acids, sugars, and minerals such as iron, calcium, copper, selenium, which are essential to the human body. It is a valuable tonic suitable for both young and old. it is known as "Millennium Ginseng". It not only has medicinal value, but also has the effect of nutrition and health care.