Can pregnant women eat kudzu root during pregnancy?

　　Pueraria lobata is the root tuber of the leguminous plant Pueraria lobata or Kudzu vine. Kudzu and kudzu are perennial deciduous vines. Kudzu grows on hillsides, roadside grasses and in relatively humid places. It is distributed in most parts of the country except Xinjiang and Tibet. Kudzu is cultivated or wild in mountain shrubs and sparse forests, and is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

　　After 3 to 4 years of cultivation, excavate the roots in winter when the leaves turn yellow and before germination, remove the vines, cut off the root heads for seeding, remove the sediment, scrape off the rough skin, cut into 1.5 to 2 cm thick oblique slices, and dry in the sun or oven.

　　1. The complete root tuber of Pueraria lobata is cylindrical, with a brown surface, longitudinal wrinkles, and visible lenticels and fibrous root marks. Solid quality. Most of the commercial medicinal materials are obliquely cut, cross-cut or longitudinally cut pieces, ranging in size, with rough cross-sections, light yellowish brown, and 1 to 3 concentric ring layers are vaguely visible. It is highly fibrous, slightly powdery, has a slight odor and a slightly sweet taste.

　　2. Pueraria lobata is the root tuber of Kudzu vine, which is cylindrical or spindle-like. Some are thick slices cut vertically or obliquely, with different sizes. The surface after removing the skin is yellowish white or light yellow, while the surface without skin is grayish brown. The texture is hard and heavy, weak in fiber, some are wooly, and completely powdery.

　　The ones that are large in size, firm in quality and powdery enough are better.

　　Edible effect

　　Pueraria lobata is sweet, pungent, and neutral in nature; it returns to the spleen and stomach meridians; it soothes and soothes Qi, rising and dispersing slightly;

　　It has the effects of relieving muscles and reducing fever, clearing up rash, promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, promoting yang and stopping diarrhea;

　　It is mainly used to treat exogenous fever, strong head pain, measles with poor penetration, febrile disease, thirst, quenching thirst, diarrhea and dysentery, alcohol poisoning, chest obstruction and heartache.

　　Applicable people

　　1. Suitable for high blood pressure, Hyperlipidemia cardiovascular disease Patients with chemical liver damage, people who drink excessively, mental workers, elderly people with memory loss, and patients with fever.

　　2. The five types of fatigue and seven injuries are caused by excessive excess in the upper part and deficiency in the lower part. Although there is spleen in the summer months Stomach disease It is not suitable to take; it is prone to vomiting and should be used with caution by those with cold stomach.