Botanical name: Pueraria lobata
Other name: Vine-that-ate-the-south, foot-a-night vine, Japanese arrowroot
In traditional medicine, Kudzu, a botanical remedy, is employed to address a spectrum of health concerns, including alcoholism, cardiovascular disease, menopausal symptoms, diabetes, fever, the common cold, as well as neck or eye pain. Multiple species of kudzu exist, and its medicinal properties are harnessed from both the flowers and root extract.
Medicinal Uses:
- Fever
- Acute dysentery
- Diarrhoea
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular diseases
