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Latin pharmacognostic name: Puerariae Flos

Alternate English names: kudzu flower Japanese arrowroot flower

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; Pueraria thomsonii Benth. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi* [= P. pseudo-hirsuta Tang et Wang]; Pueraria thomsonii Benth.*; Pueraria omeiensis Wang et Tang; Pueraria edulis Pamp.; Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.

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.

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