Kudzuvine Root is the dried root of Pueraria lobata (Willd. ) Ohwi or Pueraria thomsonii Benth. (Fam. Leguminosae). The latter is often removed from the outer bark, known as "Fenge" (Starchy Radix Puerariae).

Action: To rlieve fever, to promote the production of body fluid, to facilitate eruption, and to arrest diarrhea.

Indications: Fever, headache and stiffness of the nape in exogenous affections, thirst, diabetes, measles with inadequate eruption, acute dysentery or diarrhea, stiff and painful nape in hypertension..

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