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Market nameカッコン [NIB-746]
Formal name葛根
Japanese nameかっこん, Kakkon
Vernacular nameGegen
Latin namePuerariae Radix (JP), Puerariae Lobatae Radix (CP)
English namePuerariae Radix (JP), Kudzuvine Root (CP)
Original plant namePueraria sp.
Family nameLeguminosae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Hubei Prov.
Collection informationJapan, Ibaraki Pref., National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Collection date2012/5/30
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
Remarks[NIB-746]
TMPW No.29321

The capital city, provincial capital city or the representative  
location of its administrative area is indicated.  
30.592849
114.30553899999995
Production area information
People's Republic of China,Hubei Prov.
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36.3418112
140.4467935
Collection information
Japan,Ibaraki Pref.
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Scientific information data base

Common name葛根, Gegen, Puerariae Radix (JP18), Puerariae Lobatae Radix (CP2020), Pueraria Root (JP18), Kudzuvine Root (CP2020)
Synonyms板葛根, 角葛根, 粉葛根
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Original plant namePueraria lobata Ohwi, (Kuzu)
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Family nameLeguminosae
Used partroot
Quality for selectionGood Gegen is powder white and rich in amyloid. Neither brown nor fibrous one is good. Chinese Gegen is rich in amyloid and Japanese one is rich in fiber. (TN)
Official compendiumJP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.)
Clinical applicationAs a drug for diaphoresis, antifebrile and antispasmodic, gegen is applied for cough, fever, stiffness and pain of nape and back. It is the raw material for kuzudenpun (Jap. Name), or gegen starch.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Diaphoretics with cold property
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Cool; sweet and pungent.
[Meridian Tropism] Spleen, stomach and lung meridians.
[Actions] To release the flesh and reduce fever, engender fluid to quench thirst, promote eruption, upraise the middle qi to check diarrhea, unblock the meridian and activate collaterals, remove wine toxin.
[Indications] External contraction with fever, headache, stiff and pain nape and neck, thirst, wasting-thirst, unerupted measles, heat dysentery, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, hemiplegia caused by wind-stroke, chest impediment, heart pain, wine toxin damaging the middle.
Chemical constituentOther aliphatic and related compounds
(*C1):
D-(+)-Pinitol

Monosaccharides
(*C1):
D-Mannitol

Polysaccharides
(*C1):
澱粉 (starch polysaccharide)

Isoflavones
(*C1):
Daidzin, Daidzein, Daidzein 4',7-diglucoside, Puerarin, Puerarin-7-xyloside, 4',6''-O-Diacetylpuerarin, Genistein, Formononetin, Kakkonein, Puerarol, Miroestrol

Simple nitrogen containing compounds
(*C1):
Allantoin

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Pharmacological effectAntipyretic,hyperglycemic (water extract).Spasmolytic (daidzein).
DNA sequence Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database.
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseFever, Headache, stiffness in the back, Anhidrosis, Thirst, Muddy and watery stool, Diarrhea, Measles
FormulationKakkonto, Kakkon'oren'ogonto, Kakkonkahangeto, Kakkonkaryojutsubuto, Kakkonkokato, Kakkontokashin'isenkyuto, Keishikakakkonto, Saikatsugekito, Shichimibyakujutsuto, Shakuyakushimotsugekito, Shomakakkonto, Jinsoin, Jintanto, Seiishakato, Zenshibyakujutsusan, Chikuyoto, Tokinentsuto, Dokkatsukakkonto, Bakumondoinshi, Hontonto, Hontonto, Hontonto, Hontonbukuryoto, Maogomito
ReferencesJP18: The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia.
CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 163-164.
RemarksIn China, not only Pueraria thomsonii Benth. but P. pseudo-hirsuta Tang et Wang may be found in the market. Taiwanese one is the root of P. montana (Lour.) Merrill. (JP. name: Taiwankuzu). The Japanese "kuzudenpun", which is obtained from its root, is the important ingredient for making "kuzuyu" (soup of starch kudzu).
Last renewal date2021/09/27