Is this the same kudzu cursed in Georgia?



At 10:36 AM 6/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I was reading some information on the Kudzu Root and how during the Great
>Depression that the Soil COnservation Service provided hundreds of young
>men with the job of planting kudzu to control soil erosion.
>
>It further says that Chinese healers use kudzu root to eliminate alcohol
>cravings and refers to isoflavones which may have properties such as
>antioxidant, estrogen inhibiting and enzyme hibiting.
>
>I have never heard of Kudzu Root and cannot recall ever seeing
>"isoflavones".  The plant or root picture looks like a stem from an edible
>bulb (? only a guess that it is edible because a lot of the things in Asian
>Health stores that aren't grain or bean related or edible raw)
>
>Anyone know if "isoflavones" are part of a Hunter-Gatherer's diet?
>
>Grant
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