Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ge-gen/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ge-gen/">Bencao Index</a> ge gen 葛根 Radix Puerariae Kudzu Root kakkon kalgeun Cool, Acrid, Release Exterior Stomach Spleen

Releases the Exterior and the muscle layer, especially of the neck and upper back

A tight, stiff neck and upper back, with fever and headache, when Wind-Heat or Wind-Cold settles in the muscle layer

Clears Heat, generates fluids and relieves thirst

Thirst from Stomach Heat, particularly when driven by Wind-Heat Wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke)

Vents measles

Measles at onset, with a rash that will not fully erupt

Raises Spleen Yang and stops diarrhea

Diarrhea or dysentery of Heat type Diarrhea from Spleen deficiency, combined with suitable herbs

Eases symptoms that accompany hypertension

Headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears or pins and needles with high blood pressure, as a supporting herb rather than a treatment for the pressure itself