Research & Lifestyle
Posted on 29 September 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...
Posted on 11 June 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...
Posted on 11 June 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...
Posted on 11 June 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...
Posted on 11 June 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...
Posted on 16 May 2008
Both active and passive smoking have been shown to significantly increase female and male infertility, as well as the incidence of early spontaneous abortion, preterm labour, ectopic pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, poor embryo...
Posted on 16 May 2008
The International Agency for Research on Cancer plans to categorize overnight shift work as a probable carcinogen, according to the Associated Press. The AP says the agency will make the change in December, and the American...
Posted on 16 May 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...
Posted on 7 May 2008
(1) Allium Vegetables & Prostrate CancerHigh consumption of allium vegetables (garlic, scallions/spring onions, chives, leeks etc.) appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer according to a study of 238 prostate cancer...
Posted on 6 May 2008
Endometriosis and Chinese Herbal Medicine
(1) A study from Beijing compared three treatment methods to find the most effective treatment for endometrial ovarian cysts. 152 patients with endometrial ovarian cysts were divided...
