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Source : Medical Plant Research Institute
Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health
, Thailand
Local communities in Thailand have
used Pueraria mirifica for well over one hundred years, specifically
for its rejuvenating qualities, The belief in the rejuvenating
properties of Pueraria mirifica has been passing down from
one generation to another and more recently through the publication
by Luong Anusan Suntara. In May 1931, Luang Anuson Suntara
published a pamphlet on the subject of "Kwao Krue" describing
different ways of preparing folk medicine using Pueraria mirifica
and the claims of its rejuvenating power. It is stated in
the pamphlet that Pueraria mirifica can
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Serve
as a anti-wrikle agent for aged and wrinkled
skin | | |
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darken
white hair , and increase hair
growth | | |
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Alleviated
cataract
problems | | |
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Increase
energy and vigor, more reflexive bodily
movements | | |
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Increase
blood
circulation | | |
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alleviate
sleep
disorders | | |
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Source :
Medicinal Plant Research Institute, Department of
Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
;July
2000 | |
In 1932, Dr. A.F.G. Kerr, the Director
of the Botanical Section of the Journal of the Siam Society,
directed the attention of the scientific community to the
fact that the tuberous roots of a Thai plant called "Kwao
Krue", mistakenly identified then as Butea superba, were considered
to be of value as a rejuvenating drug.
Dr. Kerr was the first to create
international awareness of the rejuvenating qualities of this
plant, which subsequently led to the isolation of a potent
phytoestrogen that is unique to this plant only and to the
identification of the plant as Pueraria mirifica in 1952.
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Serves
as the “Fountain of Youth” for aged men and
women | | | |
