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 ...

Michele Norris talks with Dr. Scott E. Lukas about his paper in the May issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. The paper suggests that people who consume an extract made from the ...

May 22, 2012 — The isoflavone puerarin, extracted from kudzu, the invasive Chinese vine that runs rampant in several parts of the United States, was found to slow the rate of alcohol consumption in a ...

Some time ago, you had a letter from a woman who was drinking too much wine in the evening and wanted to cut back. You told her about a tea or an herbal concoction to diminish her desire to drink. She ...

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 ...

Q. Some time ago you had a letter from a woman who was drinking too much wine in the evening and wanted to cut back. You told her about a tea or an herbal concoction to diminish her desire to drink.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An extract of the kudzu vine being developed to treat alcoholism may also help treat cocaine addiction, researchers at Gilead Sciences Inc reported on Sunday. Tests on rats ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...