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Kudzu | 칡

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu

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Kudzu Fiber | Ko-hemp

'...Kudzu fiber, known as ko-hemp,^[26] is used traditionally to make clothing and paper,^[27] and has also been investigated for industrial-scale use.^[28][29] Kudzu fiber is a bast fiber similar to hemp or linen, and has been used for clothing in China for at least 6,000 years and in Japan for at least 1,500 years. In ancient China, kudzu was one of three main clothing and textile materials, with silk and ramie being the other two....'

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'...Compounds of icariin, astragalus, and puerarin mitigates iron overload in the cerebral cortex of mice with Alzheimer's disease.^[21]...'

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^{Invasive specices}

^{'...When kudzu invades an ecosystem, it makes the leaf litter more labile, thereby lessening the carbon sequestration ability of the soil. This feeds climate change.[33]...'}

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^{[Carbon Sequestration]}

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration}

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^{Korean expression 'tangle up and rot' resonates Kudzu...}

^{https://brunch.co.kr/@c25bd44b5400415/10}

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^{On the left is the third king of Yi Dynasty's famous poem trying to persuade the last loyal Koryo Dynasty's Prime Minister (Jeonng Mong Ju | 정몽주) (who doesn't listen and gets killed by Iron Mace; the [Sonjuk Bridge] is said to have 600-year-old blood stain of his from 1392AD) resonating kudzu (칡: Chilk)...} 

[Yi Bang Won]'s poem suggests 'How about we become like Chilk and tangle up and enjoy next 100 years?'

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[Jeong Mong Ju] replied in a love poem that even if he dies 100 times and whether his soul lives or not, his heart will not change for his true love...

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