The efficacy and function of arrowroot powder

Many people don’t know much about arrowroot powder. Arrowroot powder is a substance made from arrowroot, a relatively common plant that contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, as well as high-quality plant protein. It has a relatively unique taste and good nutritional value. The most obvious effect is that it can clear away lung heat, and it is very effective in treating cough caused by lung heat.

The efficacy and function of arrowroot powder

Arrowroot effects: clears the lungs and relieves cough, clears heat and promotes diuresis.

Arrowroot is mainly used to treat lung heat cough, bladder damp heat and painful urination.

Arrowroot flour is almost entirely starch, contains no vitamins, and contains only 0.2% protein. Arrowroot starch can be used as a thickener for soups, sauces, puddings, and snacks. Add water and boil to a clear, odorless, tasty paste. Compared with other starches, arrowroot starch is fine and can be cooked at lower temperatures and in shorter times. It is also easy to digest and is particularly suitable for making egg products such as custards that cannot be overcooked. It is also suitable for making light, low-salt and low-protein foods.

Original form

Arrowroot is a perennial erect herb, 0.4-1m tall. The rhizome is fleshy, white, spindle-shaped, 5-7 cm long, with broad triangular scales. Stem weak, dichotomously branched. The petiole is cylindrical at the top, 5-10mm long, and the petiole base is sheath-shaped; the leaf blade is ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 10-20cm long and 4-10cm wide, with acuminate tip and rounded base, and the back is glabrous or thinly covered with long soft hairs. The raceme is terminal, 10-20cm long; the flowers are white, and the pedicels are about 1cm long; the sepals are ovate-lanceolate, 1.2-1.4cm long; the corolla tube is about the same length as the sepals, enlarged at the base, with 3 lobes, 8-10cm long; the two reduced stamens in the outer whorl are obovate, petal-shaped, 8-10mm long, with concave tips, and the inner whorl is only half as long as the outer whorl; the ovary is glabrous or slightly pubescent. The fruit is brown, oblong, and about 7mm long. Flowering period: summer and autumn.

[Chemical composition] The rhizome contains 19.4% starch, protein, fat and tryptophan.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet; light; cool

【Meridian】Lung; Bladder

【Functions and indications】Clears the lungs and relieves cough; clears heat and promotes diuresis. Mainly used for lung heat cough; hot and painful urination

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 9-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It has the function of clearing the lungs and promoting urination. Used for cough due to lung heat, and red and painful urination.