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Latin pharmacognostic name: Puerariae Amylum

Alternate English names: kudzu starch Japanese arrowroot [powder]

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:

Properties: Sweet*; highly cold*; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Stomach channel.

Indications:

Engenders liquid and allays thirst; clears heat and eliminates vexation.

heat vexation; thirst; heat sores; throat impediment.

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