Kudzuvine Root, Root of Lobed Kudzuvine
Puerariae Lobatae Radix, Radix Puerariae Lobatae
Ge Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; pungent; cool

Part(s) used

Tuberoid

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To relieve fever, to promote the production of body fluid,to facilitate eruption, and to arrest diarrhea.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Angina pectoris, hypertension, headache due to externally contracted wind-heat, rigidity of neck, thirst, diabetes mellitus, non-eruption of measles, heat dysentery, diarrhea, deafness in early stage, optic nerve atrophy, retinitis.