Pueraria mirifica
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Pueraria mirifica (also known as Kwao Krua) is a root found in northern and north eastern Thailand and Myanmar.
In Thailand, the plant “Kwao Krua” is considered to be a rejuvenating drug and has a history in folk medicine. Although the name “Kwao Krua” had been applied to several species of plants having tuberous roots, it was definitively identified as Pueraria mirifica in 1952 from which an unusual estrogenic phenol miroestrol was isolated eight years later.[1] There exists two kinds of Kwao Krua roots, namely white and red. The White Kwao Krua is an herb used by females and the Red Kwao Krua is the herb used by males. White Kwao Krua has a high concentration of Phytoestrogen while Red Kwao Krua is used by males and has substances that also increases libido (sex drive).
[edit] The story of the medicinal plant ingredient
Arimuttama was the old capital of the Pookham City of Myanmar. They had a sacred Buddhist precinct and one-day the sacred Buddhist precinct was broken down. The Buddhist monks found this ingredient that was inscribed on the palm leaf and placed it in the sacred Buddhist precinct. The information is as below:[2]
To take the tuberous root of Pueraria with big leaves, pound and blend with cow’s milk. The benefits of this medicine is to support memory, talk big, and be able to remember three books of the astrology, make the skin smooth like six year old kid, live more than 1,000 years and parasite diseases are not able to be of trouble
