Word: kudzu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...injection of the extract of the kudzu root, a Chinese herb, led the hamsters to "significantly suppress the free-choice ethanol intake" without any negative side effects...
Keung said that kudzu has been effective in treating alcoholics in China. "They don't drink anymore," he said. "Except that they lost their appetite for alcohol, doctors observed no side effects...
Keung said that research must now focus on how kudzu works to reduce the alcohol craving...
Medical School professors said it is too early to tell how effective kudzu will be in treating cases of alcoholism in humans...
Virginia T. Latham, instructor in medicine, said she was "intrigued" by the report but was skeptical on whether kudzu could be used on humans...