Tuber Pueraria (Pueraria tuberosa)

块茎葛kuài jīng géKuaijingge

Pueraria tuberosa · Plant

Pueraria tuberosa
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May have estrogenic effects; caution with hormone-sensitive conditions; may lower blood glucose; caution with diabetes medications.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Tuber Pueraria for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Heat SyndromeHypertension SyndromeMenopause Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Tuber Pueraria does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit CirculationBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Pueraria tuberosa and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.