Botanical Index No. 600

Kudzu

pueraria montana var. lobata

Medicinal Actions

Analysis pending research update.

Primary Conditions Treated

Alactea Alcoholism Allergy Angina Pectoris Anorexia Arrhythmia Bite Bleeding Boil Bruise Cancer breast Cardiopathy Chickenpox Cirrhosis Cold Cough Cramp Deafness Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Enterosis Fever Gas Gastrosis Flu Fungus Hangover Headache Hepatosis High Blood Pressure Hives Hyperacidity Infection Insomnia Leukemia Mastosis Measles Melanoma Migraine Mycosis Nausea Nervousness Neurosis Osteoporosis Pain Psoriasis Rash Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Stiffness Stomatosis Sweating Swelling Thirst Tinnitus Tumor Typhoid Vertigo Vomiting

General Dosage

5–15 g day; 4.5–9 g root; 9–15 g root/day; 12 shot glasses fresh root juice for unconscious drunk; 3 capsules root extract StX daily; 1 capsule root extract StX 3 ×/day.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Not covered. Long food use in Asia suggests relative safety. No adverse effects in humans taking 50–100 g root/day.

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