Traditional Chinese Medicine/Ge Gen

Name Means: Ge-Coarse grass linen Gen-Root English Name: kudzu root pueraria Chinese Name: 葛根 (Pinyin: gé gēn) Latin Name: Radix Puerariae Taste & Temperature: ../Xin-Spicy/ ../Gan-Sweet/ ../Liang-Cool/ Channels: Foot Tai Yin of Spleen Foot Yang Ming of Stomach Actions & Indications: disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool) raise Yang Qi diarrhea release muscles & clear heat nourish fluids & alleviate thirst treat hypertension treat heart and brain diseases due to lack of blood circulation Haiying Liu, Nongxue Qiu, Huihuang Ding, Ruiqi Yao. “Polyphenols contents and antioxidant capacity of 68 Chinese herbals suitable for medical or food uses”, Food Research International, Volume 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-370.China Pharmacopoeia Committee. (2000). Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China (Vol. 1). Beijing: China Chemical Industry Press. Contraindication: Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating Caution: Yin deficiency Blood deficiency chronic skin infection Dosage: 2-4 qian (6-12 grams) References back to: ../Xin Liang Jie Biao/ ../TCM Materia Medica/