There are many records about the efficacy of Pueraria lobata in Chinese medical classics. For example, in Shennong Materia Medica, it is said that Pueraria lobata is used as medicine to "quench thirst, clear heat, stop vomiting and detoxify", which shows that Pueraria lobata has certain good effects in helping people to evacuate wind and heat, promote fluid production to quench thirst and detoxify.
According to the theory of medicinal properties, Pueraria lobata has the function of "appetizing, quenching thirst and relieving alcoholism", so it can be seen that Pueraria lobata not only has the function of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, but also has the function of appetizing and helping people sober up.
Benefits of soaking Pueraria lobata in water regularly 1. Pueraria lobata soaked in water can relieve exterior symptoms and relieve cough.
Pueraria lobata has the functions of helping people dispel evil spirits, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, such as wind-heat exterior syndrome, which is often called wind-heat cold, accompanied by symptoms such as insufficient body fluid, dry mouth, sore throat and heart heat. Soaking pueraria lobata in water can effectively relieve it.
If you drink Pueraria lobata water at ordinary times, it can also play a preventive role in such exogenous pathogens and heat pathogens.
2. Pueraria lobata soaked in water can strengthen yang and stop diarrhea.
Pueraria lobata has the effect of promoting hair growth and clearing yang, especially for the qi of clearing yang in the spleen and stomach. Soaking Pueraria lobata in water can play the most important role in promoting hair growth. In traditional Chinese medicine, Pueraria lobata is even called "the holy medicine for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency", and it is often used in combination with Atractylodes macrocephala, Radix Aucklandiae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Nutmeg, which has a considerable relieving effect on diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.
Therefore, soaking Radix Puerariae in water can also prevent and relieve diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency.
3. Pueraria lobata soaked in water can relieve alcoholism.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pueraria lobata has the effect of' hangover'. When ancient people were drunk and caused vomiting and headache, they often used Pueraria lobata to make tea directly to relieve it. For example, in ancient prescriptions, it was recorded that Pueraria lobata, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Pueraria lobata and Mume were used as tea, which was quite helpful to help people sober up.
At the same time, Pueraria lobata also has certain effects of clearing the heat of the spleen and stomach and harmonizing the spleen and stomach. For example, after drinking, the stomach is uncomfortable and indigestion. Pueraria lobata soaked in water also has an effect.
4. Pueraria lobata soaked in water can prevent "three highs"
Modern medical research shows that the effective components of Pueraria lobata, such as puerarin and total flavonoids, have good effects in helping people lower blood pressure, blood sugar concentration and fat concentration.
In addition, these effective components of pueraria lobata also have certain effects of anti-aging, anti-arrhythmia, anti-atherosclerosis, etc. It can be seen that the medicinal value of pueraria lobata is still very worthy of research and application.
If pueraria lobata is soaked in water for health preservation, it is generally appropriate to use about 10g each time. Of course, soaking Pueraria lobata in water has many benefits to people's health, but from the perspective of drug safety, Pueraria lobata is not suitable for everyone. For example, some people with weak constitution, or people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, should not overuse such pungent and cold drugs for health preservation.