What is Pueraria lobata?

Pueraria powder is a kind of plant. This plant can not only be used as food, but also as a traditional Chinese medicine. It can relieve headaches and fevers. Eating pueraria powder regularly is very beneficial to people's health. It has high nutritional value and can be used to make soup. Drinking more pueraria powder soup can supplement the trace elements needed by the body. It also has many medicinal values. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses it with other herbs. Let's learn more about what pueraria powder is.

Pueraria lobata is a legume plant that can not only be eaten as a food ingredient but is also a traditional Chinese medicine. People in Guangzhou like to use kudzu to make soup. Kudzu has many benefits to our body. It can not only promote blood circulation, but also treat fever and headache. It can be said to be a plant with very rich nutritional and medicinal value.

Nutritional value of kudzu

The nutrient with the highest content in Pueraria lobata is starch. In addition, Pueraria lobata also contains about 12% of flavonoids, such as daidzein, daidzein, daidzein and puerarin, etc., more than 10 kinds of flavonoids. Moreover, Pueraria lobata also contains very special nutrients beneficial to our body, such as carotene and coumarins. It also contains the main components of our body's cells and tissues - protein and amino acids. It can be said that Pueraria lobata is very rich in nutritional value. Whether it is sugars or minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, etc. necessary for our body's growth and development, they can be found in Pueraria lobata, so we call it "Millennium Ginseng". It is a very precious health product and tonic.

The efficacy and function of Pueraria lobata

1. Pueraria lobata has the effect and function of dilating blood vessels. The flavonoids contained in Pueraria lobata, such as flavonoids and puerarin, have many benefits to our body. They can help us improve the oxygen metabolism function of our myocardium. Moreover, these flavonoids can also help us dilate blood vessels, thereby improving the microcirculation of blood in our body, thereby reducing the resistance of our blood vessels. Therefore, Pueraria lobata has the effect of preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, ischemia, hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

2. Pueraria root has the effect and function of relieving muscles and releasing exterior. Pueraria root also contains a class of substances called acetone extracts. These substances can help us maintain our body temperature at a normal level. For symptoms of fever, these substances can restore our body temperature to normal, thus alleviating the symptoms of the disease.

3. Pueraria root has the effect and function of lowering blood sugar and lipids. The unique puerarin contained in Pueraria root can significantly reduce the blood sugar concentration in our blood. Moreover, the flavonoids contained in Pueraria root can help us lower the blood lipid concentration in our blood, and can also help us lower the cholesterol concentration in the blood. Therefore, Pueraria root has a very good therapeutic effect on three high diseases such as hyperglycemia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.