Thursday August 13, 2009, 9:53 am
"Daidzin inhibits human aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH-2), which metabolizes alcohol into acetaldehyde. Inhibiting ALDH-2 promotes the accumulation of acetaldehyde, which has aversive effects. A recent test of a synthetic ALDH-2 inhibitor (CVT-10216) on rodents shows that it reduces drinking and prevents relapse by increasing acetaldehyde while drinking and later decreasing dopamine in the brain region that controls relapse during abstinence."

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Thursday August 13, 2009, 9:57 am
My goodness, Dee, is this plant finally good for something? It was considered a real pest when I was a kid... Thanks!

Thursday August 13, 2009, 11:50 am

Sure would be awesome if this works! I know someone who really needs it and needs for it to not interfere with other things or harm anything. Thanks!

Thursday August 13, 2009, 4:12 pm
Kudzu, known as "elephant ears," is also delicious to eat!! Mama would take me with her and she'd go over and cut the kudzu off the vine and take a whole bunch home, rinse it off several times in cold water, then, tear the leaves in quarter size to fit into the pot, stems and all. She'd add about 2 cups boiling water, salt to taste, let it boil for five-ten mins until stems were soft, then drain the water and served it in a deep pot--or sometimes right after dumping the water out--it tastes like spinach and I LOVE Spinach. Thnx Dee!! .

Friday August 14, 2009, 2:38 am
This sounds great, I hope it works too! Alcoholism is causing a lot of grief in my family. Most treatments are expensive and costly. Alcoholics pull a person into ruin. If this were true, genuine help would exist.