Kudzu: Harvesting Months, Best Season to Eat It, and Who Should Avoid It

Kudzu root, also known as fen ge or kudzu vine, is a plant of the legume family, genus Pueraria. It is rich in starch and isoflavones, is a traditional Chinese medicine, and is also a common health tonic. So in which months is kudzu root harvested?What season is best for eating kudzu powder?Does it really enlarge the breasts?

Kudzu root is a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is the dried root of the legume plant wild kudzu (Pueraria lobata), commonly called wild kudzu. It is harvested in autumn and winter, cut into thick slices or small pieces while fresh, and then dried. It is sweet and pungent, cool in nature. It has the effects of releasing the muscle and reducing fever, promoting eruption, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and raising yang and stopping diarrhea. It is often used for exterior syndrome with fever, stiffness and pain of the neck and back, incomplete eruption of measles, thirst in febrile disease, yin deficiency wasting-thirst, heat diarrhea and heat dysentery, and diarrhea due to spleen deficiency.

In which months is kudzu root harvested?

Every year in winter (December to February) is the best season for harvesting kudzu root, when kudzu root has stopped growing and entered its dormant period. At this time, the accumulated active ingredients are at their highest and the quality is the best. When digging, be careful to keep the kudzu root intact and damage it as little as possible, because damage to the outer skin makes it prone to mildew and rot, causing it to lose its usable value. Remove all soil, kudzu heads, fibrous roots and debris, and grade it for market sale. After harvesting, kudzu root must not be washed with water, otherwise it will rot faster. According to many years of practical experience in growing kudzu root, high-quality kudzu root is best harvested at 2 to 3 years of age, when the active ingredient content is relatively high, the quality is good, the yield per mu is relatively high, and the cultivation benefit is relatively good. The starch obtained by grinding the tuberous roots of kudzu root in water and letting it settle is the kudzu powder we commonly eat.

What season is best for eating kudzu powder?

There is no seasonal restriction on eating kudzu powder. Kudzu powder is a good thing, and many people just mix it with water and take it, but everyone picks the time to eat it casually. In fact, only by eating it at certain times can the greatest efficacy of kudzu powder be brought out.

When is it better to eat kudzu powder?

First: Do not choose to eat it on an empty stomach in the morning.

Because kudzu powder is a cooling food, after a night of digestion the stomach in the morning is already quite empty, and eating cooling food again is not good for the body. If you really must eat kudzu powder for breakfast, you can drink a little water before eating, which also makes it easier for the body to absorb the elements of kudzu powder.

Second: It is better to eat it after exercise.

Because exercise consumes a large amount of energy, and kudzu powder can increase the body's immune function, replenish energy, and is low in calories, it is especially suitable for eating after exercise.

Third: When you feel tired

If you feel very tired, you might as well eat some kudzu powder to replenish energy.

Fourth: After lunch or dinner

Because kudzu powder nourishes yin and balances endocrine disorders, it is best to take it half an hour after lunch or dinner.

Efficacy and effects of kudzu powder

1. Kudzu powder is cooling and reduces internal heat, stimulates appetite and aids digestion, and has a special effect in promoting urination and relieving alcohol.

2. The flavonoid substances contained in kudzu powder have been praised by relevant traditional Chinese medicine experts as a “beauty vitamin synergist.” They have the function of clearing waste from the body. People who often eat kudzu powder can strengthen tendons and bones, improve beauty and health, and prolong life.

3. Kudzu powder has the effects of releasing the muscle and reducing fever, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, promoting eruption, raising yang and stopping diarrhea, dredging meridians and activating collaterals, and resolving alcohol toxicity. It is used for fever and headache due to exogenous pathogens, stiffness and pain of the neck and back, thirst, wasting-thirst, incomplete eruption of measles, heat dysentery, diarrhea, dizziness and headache, stroke with hemiplegia, chest impediment and heart pain, and alcohol toxicity damaging the middle.

Who should not eat kudzu root

1. People with cold body constitution and heavy dampness:

Kudzu powder is a cooling food. People with cold body constitution and heavy dampness will experience increased accumulation of cold qi in the body after eating it, which can easily cause physical discomfort. Eating and drinking some warm-natured ingredients and teas can dispel cold from the body, such as longan, hawthorn, walnut, peanut, almond, black tea, oolong tea, and so on.

2. Patients with low blood pressure:

Because the puerarin component contained in kudzu powder can dredge blood vessels and lower human blood pressure, patients with low blood pressure are not suitable to eat kudzu powder. Treating low blood pressure mainly relies on a healthy lifestyle and dietary therapy and nutritional supplementation. It is recommended to eat more foods that are both food and medicine, such as steamed chicken with notoginseng, stewed lean meat with ginseng, and lamb soup with angelica, and so on.

3. Patients with low blood sugar:

This point is also due to puerarin. Because while it lowers human blood pressure it can also lower blood sugar, patients with low blood sugar should also not eat kudzu powder. Eating more brown rice, vegetables, konjac, lean meat and cereal foods can effectively raise blood sugar concentration. It is best to quit smoking and abstain from alcohol, which can quickly restore blood sugar levels.

Does kudzu powder really enlarge the breasts?

The isoflavones richly contained in wild kudzu root can mimic estrogen, effectively stimulate the mammary glands and acini, and guide the fat in the body, transferring body fat to the breasts, enlarging and beautifying the bust. The breast-enlarging effect of kudzu root is mainly because kudzu root contains phytoestrogens, which increase the estrogen in women's bodies to achieve a breast-enlarging effect. The effect is very obvious and can show results quickly.

Wild kudzu root is divided into three types: white kudzu root, red kudzu root, and black kudzu root. Among them, only Thai white kudzu root has a breast-enlarging effect; red kudzu root mainly helps men strengthen yang; black kudzu root can keep hair thick and relieve body fatigue, and so on.