The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition or a
functional food composition for dispelling the effects of
alcohol and a pharmaceutical composition or a
functional food composition for improving
liver functions, comprising a composite Korean medicinal material consisting of kudzuvine root, kudzuvine flower,
hovenia dulcis thunb, barbary wolfberry fruit, mulberry and hawthorn as an
active ingredient. The composition, according to the present invention, comprising a composite Korean medicinal extract consisting of kudzuvine root, kudzuvine flower,
Hovenia acerba, wolfberry, mulberry, and hawthorn can reduce the activity of
ethanol dehydrogenase (ADH) and
acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which are
intracellular alcohol-decomposing enzymes. In addition, accumulation of
neutral fat in cells is increased, accumulation of
adiponectin is reduced, and expression of
cytokine protein is increased. Therefore, the composition containing the composite Korean medicinal material extract consisting of the root of
kudzu vine, the flower of
kudzu vine, the
semen hoveniae, the fruit of Chinese wolfberry, the mulberry and the hawthorn is expected to be used as a pharmaceutical composition or a
functional food composition for dispelling the effects of
alcohol and improving the
liver function.