What are the medicinal values ​​of kiwifruit root?

Kiwi is a fruit that we often eat in our daily life. Kiwi leaves, kiwi flowers, and kiwi roots can all be used as Chinese medicinal materials. After saying so much, most people may not know much about it. In fact, kiwi itself belongs to the Actinidia genus. Both kiwi roots and root bark have sufficient nutritional effects. So what are the medicinal values ​​of kiwi roots!

Aliases

Peach root.

Medicinal Parts

It is the root or root bark of kiwifruit, a plant of the Actinidiaceae family. The original plant is detailed in the "Kiwi" entry.

The root or root bark of kiwifruit of the Actinidiaceae family

Ingredients

The root contains actinidia chinensis polysaccharide ACPS and rich ascorbic acid.

Function and indications

Clears away heat, promotes diuresis, promotes blood circulation and reduces swelling. Treat hepatitis, edema, traumatic injuries, rheumatic joint pain, stranguria, leucorrhea, sores, furunculosis, and scrofula.

① "Guizhou Folk Prescriptions and Medicines": "Diuretic, laxative. Treat ascites; externally used for bone setting and wound healing."

② "Common Herbs in Zhejiang Folk Medicine": "It strengthens the stomach, promotes blood circulation, promotes lactation, and reduces inflammation."

③ "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and reduces swelling, and fights cancer. Treats sores, furuncle, and scrofula."

Usage and Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 1-2 liang; or stew with pig intestines. For external use: mash and apply.

Internal use: decoction, 1-2 liang; or stewed pig intestines

Selection

①Treatment of acute hepatitis: 4 liang of kiwi root and 12 red dates. Boil in water and drink as tea. (Jiangxi Herbal Medicine)

②Treat edema: 3 to 5 cents of kiwi root. Decoction in water. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

③Treat indigestion and vomiting: 50 cents to 1 ounce of kiwi root. Decoction in water. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

④Treat bruises and injuries: Add the white peel of fresh kiwi roots to wine lees or white wine, mash it and heat it, and apply it to the wound; at the same time, use two to three taels of the root and decoct it in water. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

⑤Treat rheumatic joint pain: 50g each of kiwi fruit and Stephania tetrandra, 3g of Polygonum multiflorum, 1-2g of Lespedeza bicolor, decocted in water and taken orally. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

⑥Treat stranguria and leucorrhea: 1-2 liang of kiwi root and an equal amount of saussurea root, add appropriate amount of water to decoct, take twice a day. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

⑦Treatment for postpartum mothers with insufficient milk: decocted 2 to 3 liang of kiwi root in water and taken orally. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

⑧Treat carbuncle: Mash the fresh root bark of kiwi fruit and apply it externally; at the same time, use two to three taels of root and decoct it in water. (Commonly used herbal medicines among Zhejiang folks)

⑨To treat rectal prolapse: stew one or two kiwi roots with pig intestines. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

⑩Treatment of gastrointestinal tumors and breast cancer: 2.5 liang of kiwi root, 1000 ml of water, simmer for more than three hours, one dose per day, ten to fifteen days as a course of treatment. Rest for a few days before taking the medicine again, for a total of four courses of treatment. (Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

[Dos and Don'ts] "Mindong Materia Medica": "Pregnant women should not take it."

Kiwi root has a wide range of medicinal value and can help with various diseases, such as bruises, swelling and inflammation, and it has a good effect on promoting detoxification. As a common Chinese herbal medicine, kiwi root can be decocted and used. It can promote defecation and urination, treat irregular menstruation, and slow metabolic cycle. Decocting kiwi root has a good effect on detoxification and breast enhancement.