Medicinal and Edible Values and Modern Application of Puerariae Lobatae Radix
Puerariae Lobatae Radix is a Chinese medicinal material representative for homology of medicine and food.It contains a variety of active compounds including flavonoids,triterpenoids,coumarins,and saponins and is safe and effective,demonstrating broad market prospects.Puerariae Lobatae Radix is sweet,pungent,cool,with tropism to the spleen,stomach,and lung meridians,and it has the effects of releasing flesh,abating fever,producing fluid to quench thirst,promoting eruption,elevating yang to stop diarrhea,dredging meridians and activating collaterals,and removing alcohol toxin.Dagegen Decoction and Puerariae Lobatae Radix porridge are favorable food commonly used to quench thirst and treat ulcers.Gegen Injection,Gegen Capsules,Gegen Qinlian Pills,and Propolis&Pueraria Soft Gel demonstrate blood pressure-,glucose-,and lipid-lowering effects and anti-inflammatory,antioxidant,neuroprotective effects,bone metabolism-regulating,and anti-tumor activities in clinical practice.In recent years,with the deepening of research,increasing functions of Puerariae Lobatae Radix have been explored.This paper summarizes the evolution,chemical composition,pharmacological effects,and modern application of Puerariae Lobatae Radix,aiming to provide reference for the rational development and comprehensive utilization of Puerariae Lobatae Radix resources considering both medicinal and edible values.
homology of medicine and foodPuerariae Lobatae Radixactive compoundpharmacological effectmodern application
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