Ge Gen, Pueraria root - 32 oz.

Ge Gen, Pueraria root - 32 oz.

Ge Gen, Pueraria root - 32 oz.

SKU FES927-32
Brand Far East Summit Single Herb Liquid Extracts
Unit Size 32 oz.
Potency 8:1
Taste Sweet, Acrid - Bensky
Properties Cool - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology Fever, headache, stiff or tight upper back and neck due to exterior disorders lodged in the muscles; Measles; Irritability and thrist due to externally-contracted heat; Wasting and thirsting with internal heat; Diarrhea or dysentery due to heat; Diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency; Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, paraestesias that accompany hypertension - Bensky
Actions Raises the clear yang of yang brightness, encourages the Stomach qi and thus releases muscle layer heat and vents rashes; alleviates thirst by raising Stomach fluids, treats diarrhea. - Bensky
Pattern Exterior disorders lodged in the muscles; Stomach heat; Externally-contracted heat; wasting and thirsting, Heat - Bensky
Channels Entered Spleen, Stomach - Bensky
Chinese name Ge Gen
English name Pueraria Radix, Kudzu Root
Description

Excerpted from Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

  • Discharges exterior conditions and releases the muscles:  for exterior disorders lodged in the muscles manifesting in fever, headache, and stiff or tight upper back and neck.*
  • Relieves heat and generates fluids:  for thirst due to Stomach heat.  Especially appropriate in cases of externally-contracted heat.*
  • Vents and discharges measles:  to hasten recovery from measles with incomplete expression of the rash.*
  • Relieves heat and generates fluids:  for irritability and thirst from externally-contracted heat or wasting and thirsting diseases with internal heat.*
  • Raises the yang and stops diarrhea:  for diarrhea or dysenteric disorders due to heat.  Can also be used for diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency, when combined with appropriate herbs.*
  • Treats symptoms of hypertension:  this herb has recently been used to treat the headache, dizziness, tinnitus, or paresthesias that can accompany hypertension.*