Jiaogulan samen biography
Das Originale Kraut aus China.
Native to China-Vietnam-Korea and Japan, among others, it is a slender vine up to 10 meters long, it has numerous yellow-green flowers that will give rise....
History of Jiaogulan – Chapter II
from Jiaogulan “China’s Immortality Herb” by Michael Blumert
Traditional Uses
Although jiaogulan grows in many Asian countries, there does not seem to be any early historical documentation in existence other than in China.
The earliest information available on jiaogulan dates back to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.), when Zhu Xiao first described the plant and presented a sketch of it in the book Materia Medica for Famine in 1406 A.D..
But he recognized it only as a wild crafted plant used as food or a dietary supplement during famine, rather than as a medicinal herb.1 Later, about 1578 A.D., the renowned herbalist Li Shi-Zhen also described jiaogulan in detail and with a sketch in his classical book Compendium of Materia Medica.
He pointed out that this herb could be used to treat hematuria, edema and pain of the pharynx, heat and edema of the neck, tumors and trauma. This was the earliest record of jiaogulan’s use as a drug, a