Research & Lifestyle
Psoriasis Successfully Treated with Traditional Chinese Herb
Posted on 07/03/2009
Clinical assessment of patients with recalcitrant psoriasis in a randomized, observer- blind, vehicle-controlled trial using The Chinese Medicine Qing Dai (indigo naturalis). Lin YK, Chang CJ, Chang YC, Wong WR, Chang SC, Pang JH....
Polycystic Kidney Disease - Hope for Treatment
Posted on 07/03/2009
Using a compound from a centuries-old Chinese traditional medicine, Yale University researcher Dr. Craig Crews has been able to prevent the formation of kidney-destroying cysts in a mouse model of polycystic kidney disease. This...
THE AVICENNA CENTRE: New Developments in the Practice and Dispensing of Chinese Medicine
Posted on 01/12/2008
An Interview with Mazin Al-Khafaji from the RCHM Journal
Angiogenic Effects of the Extracts from Chinese Herbs: Angelica and ChuanXiong
Posted on 29/09/2008
New Research into Chinese Herbs for Heart Disease Angelica and ChuanXiong are used to cure ischemic heart disease in China. Previous studies found that these two herbs could increase myocardial blood flow, oxygen-supply and keep...
Chinese Herbs avert Leg Surgery
Posted on 11/06/2008
Chinese doctors used healing herbs to save the limbs of Diabetics. A major complication of diabetes is poor circulation, which can lead to ulcers and gangrene, and patients often have their feet or lower legs amputated. But...
Chinese Herbal Medicine may help breast cancer sufferers
Posted on 11/06/2008
Study has shown that Chinese Herbal Medicine may help breast cancer patients. Chinese herbal medicine may protect the immune systems of breast cancer patients from the effects of chemotherapy, researchers said today. Scientists...
Traditional Chinese Herbal cocktails could be 'cure' for eczema
Posted on 11/06/2008
Itchy skin? Chinese herbal cures could help. A cocktail of herbs used by the Chinese for thousands of years could combat the painful skin condition eczema, scientists claim. They say a potion containing five raw herbs reduced...
Red yeast rice lowers LDL cholesterol in patients who cannot tolerate statins, reports Annals of Internal Medicine.
Posted on 11/06/2008
Red yeast rice lowers LDL cholesterol in patients who cannot tolerate statins, reports Annals of Internal Medicine. Some 60 patients who had discontinued statins owing to myalgia wererandomized to receive red yeast rice...
Quack Medicine: Peking Duck is better for your Heart than 'Statins'
Posted on 11/06/2008
The ingredient used to colour Peking duck can cut the risk of dying from heart disease by a third and cancer by two-thirds, scientists say. The ingredient used to colour Peking Duck can cut the risk of dying from heart disease by...
Leukaemia and the Immune System
Posted on 16/05/2008
The Chinese medicine approach to the treatment of cancer has always emphasised that supporting the vital energy (qi) is as important as attacking the cancer. This view has been confirmed by research carried out at the Royal Free...
