What does Pueraria root look like?

Poria is the dried root of the legume plant Pueraria lobata, commonly known as Pueraria lobata. It is harvested in autumn and winter, cut into thick slices or small pieces while fresh, and dried. It is sweet, pungent and cool, and has the functions of relieving muscles and reducing fever, clearing rashes, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and generating yang to treat diarrhea. It is commonly used for symptoms such as superficial fever, stiffness and pain in the neck and back, measles that does not break out, dry mouth due to heat syndrome, quenching thirst due to kidney yin deficiency, hot diarrhea and dysentery, and diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.

Kudzu is a woody vine with large tubers, dark red branches, palmate trifoliate leaves, axillary racemes that are shorter than leaves, and a pedicel covered with short, soft, milky white hairs. The flowers are densely packed. The pods are long-circular, flat, 4 to 10 cm long, about 10 mm wide, densely covered with long, brown, stiff hairs, and contain 2 to 10 seeds. The flowering period is July to August, and the fruiting period is September to October.

Kudzu has strong adaptability and is naturally distributed in small sunny and moist hillsides and woodland roadsides in spring. It likes a warm and humid environment, has a certain ability to withstand heat and drought, and is not very demanding on the soil. It is produced in most parts of my country, mainly in Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

Kudzu has long been used as a food supplement in Southeast Asian countries. The most common way is to take it in the form of tea or powder. The climate in Southeast Asia is very suitable for the growth of kudzu. It was first discovered in China and Japan and spread to the United States in the 1930s. In summer, you can see the rapid growth of kudzu vines and roots every day. Without pruning, they may exceed trees, poles and buildings.

Kudzu powder, also known as powdered kudzu, comes from the tubers of the legume plants kudzu and sweet kudzu vine. It can be divided into tuckahoe starch and tuckahoe whole powder. The difference between the two lies in the different production processes and the different medicinal ingredients. It contains 12% flavonoids and polysaccharides, such as puerarin, soy flavonoid glycosides, peanut kernel and other nutrients, as well as protein, carbohydrates, sugar, and essential iron, calcium, copper, selenium and other minerals for the human body. It is a precious health food suitable for all ages, with the reputation of "Millennium Ganoderma Lucidum", with efficacy and functions, and nutritional and health functions.

What are the ways to eat Poria cocos?

1. Kudzu root tea

Production Method: Wash and cut the Poria cocos into slices, take 30 grams per day, add water and boil it, then drink it as tea.

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2. Pueraria root soup

Production method: Cut the Poria cocos into slices and wash it, then cook it with pork ribs, old hens, domestic ducks, etc. into soup, then add seasonings and it can be consumed.

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3. Kudzu rice

Production method: First wet the cold corn rice with boiling water, add kudzu powder and stir, add appropriate amount of fermented black bean juice, boil on the stove, mix with seasonings appropriately and it is ready to eat.

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