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Chinese herbs for endometriosis

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) may relieve symptoms in the treatment of endometriosis. A systematic review by Cochrane Researchers found some evidence that women had comparable benefits following laparoscopic surgery and suffered ...





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Chinese herbal medicines for preventing diabetes in high risk people

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More research is required to establish whether Chinese herbal medicines can reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes, according to Cochrane Researchers. Although herbal medicines are widely used in Asian countries to ...


Herbal medicines could treat gastrointestinal disease

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy. In a study published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, researchers review ...


Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Scientists help explain effects of ancient Chinese herbal formulas on heart health

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large ...


A Rosetta Stone for traditional Chinese medicine

Chemistry /

created Oct 29, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1

Scientists in the United Kingdom have "decoded" the inscrutable language of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), revealing its strong chemical foundation in a way that may help scientists mine age-old Chinese medicines to ...


New drugs awaiting discovery in Chinese herbs?

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created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The first large-scale computer screenings of Chinese herbs -- commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine -- has revealed a wide variety of compounds with potential for use in treating HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, ...


Chinese slimming capsules

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taking herbal food supplements is certainly not free of risk. Since 2005, the poison emergency centers in the German cities of Freiburg and Göttingen have registered a total of 17 patients with health problems after taking ...


Indigo ointment may help treat patients with psoriasis

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

An ointment made from indigo naturalis, a dark blue plant-based powder used in traditional Chinese medicine, appears effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of ...


Screening the herbal pharmacy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Curing cancer with natural products – a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances. ...


Natural Viagra? 'Horny goat weed' shows promise in lab studies

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created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Move over, Viagra! Researchers in Italy report that an ancient Chinese herbal remedy known as "horny goat weed" shows potential in lab studies as source for new future drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). The study, ...


Alternative medicine use increasing for patients suffering with chronic rhinosinusitis

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests that a growing segment of patients are turning to complementary and alternative medical therapies to help treat the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).



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