Harmful effects of kudzu on the liver

Pueraria lobata is generally not harmful to the liver when taken in the correct dosage. Pueraria Mirifica is a traditional Chinese medicine and is the dried root of wild kudzu, family Leguminosae. It is effective in relieving muscles and fever (relieving heat from the surface of the skin), transmitting rashes, generating fluids, elevating yang and stopping diarrhea (elevating yang qi to treat diarrhea), invigorating the meridians and resolving the effects of alcohol toxicity. It can be used in the treatment of external fever and headache, impenetrable measles, strong pain in the neck and back, alcohol poisoning injury, thirst, diarrhea, dizziness and headache, stroke and hemiplegia and other conditions with therapeutic effects. Adverse effects of Pueraria Mirifica are not clear, and the product should be used with caution in people with deficiency cold and stomach cold. Pueraria Mirifica, when taken within the scope of indications and with the correct dosage, is generally not harmful to the liver and does not have the effect of liver function impairment. Patients should use the medication under the guidance of a Chinese doctor’s diagnosis, and should not use the medication without authorization to avoid adverse consequences.