Ge Gen
| Ge Gen in TCM:Explore the properties of Ge Gen according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: pueraria root, kudzu, lobed kudzuvine
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Puerariae
Properties: sweet, acrid, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: ST, SP
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Special Properties:
clears heat, disperses wind
Alternative Forms:
- Ge Hua (Flos Pueraria lobata) - sweet, cool;
ST; relieves alcoholic poisoning; 3-12g
Actions / Indications:
- Releases muscles; reduces fever (exterior disorder
lodged in muscle layer with fever, chills, headache, stiff or tight
upper back and neck)
- Nourishes the fluid; alleviates thirst (thirst due
to febrile diseases, yin deficiency xiao ke)
- Vents measles (early stage incomplete expression
of measles)
- Lifts SP yang; alleviates diarrhea (weakly lifts
SP yang, diarrhea due to heat; diarrhea due to SP deficiency - combine
with other herbs)
Special Notes:
- For incomplete expression of measles combine Ge Gen with Sheng Ma, Bai Shao, and Gan
Cao
- A comparison of Ge Gen, Chai Hu, and Sheng
Ma reveals that Ge Gen is weakest to lift SP
yang while Sheng Ma is strongest to lift
SP yang.
- Considered the best herb for acute neck and shoulder injury
- Modern use for treatment of hypertension and to lower blood glucose
- Grows wild throughout the USA
- Eaten in Japan for abdominal problems, dries up diarrhea, colds
Contraindications:
- (cc: careful with yang deficient diarrhea)
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