Dr Zhang Shunan was shocked to discover that, all of a sudden, many of his patients were eating raw eggplant. "Some of them had started to feel uncomfortable in the stomach," says Zhang, head of the TCM department at Beijing's China-Japan Friendship Hospital.
The herbal granules, jointly developed by specialists from 16 medical institutions in Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, effectively relieves anemia and enhances patients' immunity, said Dr Zhou Yuhong, a specialist on blood diseases with Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).......
Since 2004, China's State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has conducted a pilot program for the application of TCM to AIDS treatment that has benefited more than 14,000 HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 19 provinces by the end of last year, according to Wang Jian, deputy director of the TCM Center for AIDS Prevention and Treatment......
Broadly speaking, the symptoms of ringworm are itchy, raised and red patches, which oozes and cause blisters. The patches have often sharply defined edges, and redness around the skin. It also looks discolored, thick, and even crumbled. Ringworm is usually seen on some parts of the body......
Cordyceps sinensis mycelium extract induces human premyelocytic leukemia cell apoptosis through mitochondrion pathway. This study was to identify the signaling pathways for the induction of HL-60 cell apoptosis by Cordyceps sinensis mycelium extract......
In Chinese medicine, Acupuncture and herbal supplements can help alleviate many of the symptoms of myelodysplastic syndromes. MDS is a condition in which bone marrow production of RBCs is reduced. The causes of MDS include a prior history of cancer therapy and environmental toxins......
Abortion refers to the expulsion of the foetus from the uterus before the complete formation of the placenta. It is also commonly known as miscarriage. This may occur ant time before 28 weeks of gestation but is most common during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.....
You may not have heard of this but greater celandine is probably one of the best herbs for the liver. It is widely used in treating many hepatitis illnesses, like jaundice, and it promotes liver detoxification. Best noted as a blood cleanser, greater celandine is known for its analgesic, antibacterial......
Chinese herb is used to promote energy flow and improve circulation for the relief of pain, swelling and discomfort that is due to energy congestion and stagnation in the stomach and intestine. It warms up the internal organs, especially the lower abdomen......
The liver is a large accessory organ in the digestive system, responsible for a number of functions including bile secretion to break down food, storage of iron and vitamins, production of blood proteins, and elimination of old red blood cells......
Traditional Chinese medicine thinks gastroptosis, though in the stomach, but closely associated with liver and spleen. Patients with ferrite is deficient, food drink is not adjustable, overeating binge drinking cold things, time will damage the spleen and stomach and cause spleen and stomach weakness, gas subsidence......
Some patients may receive chemotherapy drugs that help kill or slow the growth of cancer cells. Some drugs are taken by mouth, while others are injected into a vein using a syringe or an intravenous (IV) drip device. Because these drugs affect the entire body......