Ge Gen, Pueraria root - 8 oz.

SKU	FES927-8
Brand	Far East Summit Single Herb Liquid Extracts
Unit Size	8 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

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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.*