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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Press release from Kudzu Culture: 8th annual Kudzu Root Camp offers hands-on training in how to eat the vine that ate the South, as well as exploring other uses of the abundant kudzu plant, such as ...