Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

gé huā / 葛花 / 葛花 / pueraria flower;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Puerariae Flos

Alternate English names: kudzu flower; Japanese arrowroot flower

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Exterior-resolving agents / Cool acrid exterior-resolving agents

Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: stomach channel.*

Indications:

Resolves alcohol toxin and wakens the spleen.

vexation and thirst, bloating and distension in the chest and stomach duct, acid vomiting, headache, and heat effusion due to heavy consumption of alcohol.

Product Area:

Guǎngdōng, Húnán, Sìchuān, Guǎngxī.