Kudzu is part of the Pueraria genus of plants, native to several Asian countries. People have used kudzu root in Eastern medicine for many years. More recently, kudzu root has made its way to Western ...

Extract from the kudzu root has long been thought to be a remedy for alcoholism However, since the precise mechanism of action is unknown, a new study set out to unravel its mystery The results show ...

PHILADELPHIA — Kudzu, often reviled as “the vine that ate the South,” apparently brings something else to the table: a promising treatment for binge drinkers. Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean ...

AMERICA HAS TRIED TO COMBAT ITS epidemic alcohol problem with everything from expensive therapies to Prohibition. By contrast, the Chinese have long relied on a simple and inexpensive remedy, an ...

WASHINGTON Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement, according to an article in the current issue of ...

Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists are reporting the first evidence that root ...

An extract from the Chinese herb kudzu may help drinkers cut down on drinking, according to a new pilot study. "It didn't stop the drinking," says researcher David M. Penetar, PhD, assistant professor ...

New research shows that consuming extract of kudzu root may help reduce binge drinking. But the reason may be that kudzu improves circulation, delivering the effects of alchohol more efficiently to ...

The first time David Cozzo, an ethnobotanist specializing in medicinal plants, saw kudzu, he was on a back road driving through the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Kudzu-choked trees loomed out of ...

Kudzu, a medicinal plant, has long thought to reduce alcohol dependence, but the precise mechanism remains a mystery. Recent research shows that pre-treatment with kudzu extract had little to no ...