Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
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Pueraria lobata · Plant
3
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
May have estrogenic effects; caution with hormone-sensitive conditions; may cause liver damage; may interact with alcohol and many medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Kudzu for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Kudzu does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit CirculationBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Pueraria lobata and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antioxidant110 records, 28 in people
- Benefit Circulation39 records, 16 in people
- Benefit Respiratory9 records, 3 in people
- Heat Syndrome7 records, 2 in people
- Hypertension Syndrome20 records, 4 in people
- Menopause Syndrome11 records, 3 in people