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APA; SKY); Antiedemic (f; HHB); Antiemetic (f; LMP); Antiimplantation (1; AKT); Antileukemic
(1; FNF); Antileukotriene (1; FNF); Antimelanomic (1; FNF); Antimetastatic (1; FNF); Antios-
teoporotic (1; FNF); Antipyretic (1; DAA); Antispasmodic (1; AKT; DAA); Antitumor (1; FNF);
Apoptotic (1; FNF); Cerebrotonic (1; AKT); Choleretic (1; HHB); Cholinergic (1; HHB); Circu-
lostimulant (f; SKY); Contraceptive (f; FAY); Diaphoretic (f; FAD; FAY; LMP); Estrogenic (1;
FNF); Fungicide (1; FNF); Gastrostimulant (1; HHB); Hemostat (f; DAA); Hepatoprotective (f;
AKT); Hypoglycemic (1; AKT; APA; DAA; FAD); Hypotensive (1; AKT; APA; DAA; FAD);
Lactagogue (f; AKT; WOI); Neurosedative (f; AKT); Secretagogue (f; FAY); Sedative (f; AKT);
Tonic (f; AKT; LMP); Topoisomerase Inhibitor (1; FNF); Tyrosine-Kinase Inhibitor (1; FNF).
Indications (Kudzu) — Alactea (f; AKT); Alcoholism (1; SKY); Allergy (f; APA); Angina Pectoris
(1; AKT; DAA; FAY; SKY); Anorexia (f; FAY); Arrhythmia (1; AKT; APA; X2512952); Bite (f;
DAA); Bleeding (f; DAA); Boil (f; DAA); Bruise (f; HHB); Cancer (1; FNF); Cancer, breast (1;
FNF); Cardiopathy (1; DAA); Chickenpox (f; LMP); Cirrhosis (1; FNF); Cold (f; APA); Cough (f;
DAA; LMP); Cramp (1; AKT; DAA; FAY); Deafness (1; APA; DAA; FAD; FAY); Debility (f;
LMP); Dermatosis (f; DAA; FAY); Diabetes (f; APA; LMP); Diarrhea (1; APA; FAD); Dysentery
(f; FAD; HHB); Enterosis (f; DAA; LMP); Fever (f; DAA); Gas (f; LMP); Gastrosis (f; FAD);
Enterosis (f; FAD); Fever (1; DAA; FAD; FAY; KAB; LMP); Flu (f; APA; LMP); Fungus (1; FNF);
Hangover (f; APA; DAA); Headache (f; APA; FAD; FAY); Hepatosis (1; AKT; FNF); High Blood
Pressure (1; AKT; APA; DAA; FAD; FAY; SKY); Hives (f; APA); Hyperacidity (f; FAY); Infection
(1; FNF); Insomnia (f; AKT); Leukemia (1; FNF); Mastosis (f; FAD); Measles (f; DAA; FAD);
Melanoma (1; FNF); Migraine (2; DAA); Mycosis (1; FNF); Nausea (f; HAD); Nervousness (f;
AKT); Neurosis (f; AKT); Osteoporosis (1; FNF); Pain (f; AKT); Psoriasis (f; APA); Rash (f;
DAA); Snakebite (f; DAA); Sore (f; FAD); Sore Throat (f; FAD); Stiffness (f; DAA); Stomatosis
(f; DAA); Sweating (f; DAA); Swelling (f; FAD; HHB); Thirst (f; DAA; FAY); Tinnitus (f; FAY);
Tumor (1; FNF); Typhoid (1; FAY; LMP); Vertigo (f; FAY); Vomiting (f; LMP).
Dosages (Kudzu) — 5–15 g day (AKT); 4.5–9 g root (FAY); 9–15 g root/day (SKY); 12 shot
glasses fresh root juice for unconscious drunk (FAY); 3 (100 mg) capsules root extract StX (1 mg
daidzin) daily (APA); 1 (550 mg) capsule root extract (100 mg) StX (1 mg Daidzin) 3 ×/day (NH).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Kudzu) — Class 1 (AHP). Not covered
(KOM; PHR). Long food use in Asia suggests relative safety. No adverse effects in humans taking
50–100 g root/day (APA).
Extracts (Kudzu) — Roots reportedly richer in estrogenic isoflavones, daidzein, and genistein
than soybeans. Antiangiogenic, genistein is supposed to prevent incipient tumors from developing
by preventing the formation of new blood vessels to nourish the tumor. Daidzein and daidzin inhibit
desire for alcohol. Hirano et al. (1994), showed that genistein was one of the most potent antileu-
kemic compounds among dozens they studied, >100 times more potent than daidzein. Kudzu’s
soyasaponin I and kudzusaponin SA-3, were more effective liver protectors than glycyrrhizin (500
μg/ml for, kudzusaponin SA-3). Flavonoid-like substances associated with improved microcircu-
lation and blood flow through the coronary arteries.KWASHI (Pancratium spp.) XActivities (Kwashi) — Analgesic (f; CRC); Cardiotoxic (1; CRC); Emetic (f; CRC); Hallucinogen
(1; CRC); Laxative (f; CRC); Pectoral (f; CRC); Poison (1; CRC).
Indications (Kwashi) — Asthma (f; CRC); Constipation (f; CRC); Fever (f; CRC); Inflammation
(f; CRC); Orchosis (f; CRC); Pain (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; CRC).
Dosages (Kwashi) — None found.