Kudzu

Kudzu (Pueraria Lobata).

Kudzu (Pueraria Lobata) is a rapidly growing climbing plant native to East and Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It has since been naturalized in large parts of Europe, South Africa, the United States and Central America. The name Kudzu comes from the Japanese word "Kuzu", which means climbing vine.

Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody plant that can grow up to 20-30 meters long. It climbs on trees and creeps over lower vegetation. The flowers grow in 10-25 cm long spikes, consisting of 30 to 80 individual flowers. Each flower is 1-1.5 cm long, purple, and fragrant. The flowers produce a lot of nectar and are visited by many insects such as bees, butterflies and moths. The plant blooms late in the summer, followed by the production of hairy, flat pods containing three to ten hard seeds.

Kudzu is a rich source of several useful flavonoids such as the isoflavones daidzein, genistein and puerarin, which have phyto estrogenic properties. Phyto estrogens are used to support menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings and night sweats.

Kudzu is one of the most popular medicinal herbs in traditional medicine in Asian countries. It is widely used for alleviation of menopausal symptoms. But it’s also used in liver disease and heart disease, in diabetes and osteoporosis as well as in addiction problems such as alcohol addiction and withdrawal symptoms.

* Kudzu is an ingredient of our supplement Femeno 1.