As a young naturalist growing up in the Deep South, I feared kudzu. I’d walk an extra mile to avoid patches of it and the writhing knots of snakes that everyone said were breeding within.

Research has demonstrated that taking a kudzu extract prior to drinking can reduce alcoholic intake by between 30 and 50%. The way it appears to work is that the isoflavones speed up the effect of ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Often called “the vine that ate the South,” Kudzu is an invasive plant that has its grip over a great ...

Digging for kudzu in the mountains of Yoshino—treasures lie beneath the ground even during the harsh winter. The Morino family, the owner of the medicinal herb garden, are long-established ...

The herb garden was founded 300 years ago by Morino Saikaku, the 10th-generation head of a long-established company producing kudzu starch in this region. Harano Etsuro manages the herb garden ...