Ge Gen
葛根 gé gēn

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Acrid , Sweet		Dosage: 9-21g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: • Unprepared/Dried • Roasted • Starch • Flower		Quality: Good quality - big, solid, white, powdery, and less fibrous
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (14) li shī qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Master Li's Decoction to clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) cōng bái qī wèi yǐn (Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients) gé gēn huáng lián huáng qín tāng (Kudzu Coptis and Scutellaria Decoction) gé gēn jiā bàn xià tāng (Kudzu Decoction plus Pinellia) gé gēn tāng (Kudzu Decoction) guì zhī jiā gé gēn tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu) huó rén cōng chǐ tāng (Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction from Book to Safeguard Life) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng má gě gēn tāng (Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction) xuān dú fā biǎo tāng (Dissipate Toxin and Release Exterior Decoction) yì qì cōng míng tāng (Augment the Qi and Increase Acuity Decoction) yī wù chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction To Release the Muscle Layer ) yù yè tāng (Jade Fluid Decoction)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Puerariae

Botanical: Pueraria Lobata (willd.) Ohwi, Pueraria Thomsonii Benth.

Japanese: kakkon

Korean: kalgeun

Common: kudzu root, pueraria

Temperature: Cool

	+2 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Nourishes Fluids and Alleviates thirst add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Releases the muscles and clears heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Discharges exterior conditions add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Fever add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Exterior disorders lodged in the muscles manifesting in fever, headache, and stiff or tight upper back and neck add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Thirst due to Stomach heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Measles with incomplete expression of rash add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Irritability and thirst from externally contracted heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Wasting and thirsting disorder with internal heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, or paresthesias due to hypertension add comment

Ge Gen葛根 gé gēn