Kudzu Powder

Kudzu Powder

(Kaibao materia medica)

[source] starch obtained from the tuberous roots of Pueraria lobata. For plant morphology, please refer to "Pueraria lobata".

[chemical composition] the general analysis of kudzu powder is starch 76.144%, protein 0.082%, cellulose 0.36%, ash 0.224% and moisture 19.546%.

[nature and taste] Kaibao materia medica: "sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] pinhuijingyao: "xingzuyangmingjing. "

Function indications: generate dross to quench thirst, clear away heat and trouble. Treatment of fever, thirst, heat sores, throat.

① In the collection of materia medica: "Yan Xiao'er has heat sores. "

② "Kaibao Materia Medica": "Dispelling the heat, promoting urination and defecation, relieving thirst. "

③ "Yilin zuanyao" said: "in addition to trouble, antipyretic, sober up, treatment of throat, toothache. "

[selected prescription] it is used to treat dysphoria, heat, thirst and dysphoria in the chest: four taels of kudzu powder and half a jin of corn. Soak the corn in water for the night, percolate it out in the future, mix it with kudzu powder, make it even, and cook porridge. (shenghuifang Gegen powder porridge)