| Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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New Applications for Wen Dan Tang (Warm the Gallbladder Decoctio |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Wen Dan Tang is a formula for disharmony between the gallbladder and stomach with phlegm heat. It is commonly prescribed for gastritis, hepatitis, peptic ulcer, and chronic bronchitis. In this article, the author demonstrates the versatility of this formula for four other disease disorders without l... |
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Ask the Herbalist: How Do You Treat Shingles? |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. The virus can remain dormant in nerve cells for many years after the onset of chickenpox. The first symptom of a herpes zoster attack is usually pain or tingling over the area to be affected. A few days later, a red rash appears. The red b... |
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Ask the Herbalist: Herbal Approaches to Treating Memory Loss, De |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Dementia is a decline in mental functioning in which memory, thinking, judgement and the ability to concentrate are impaired. There also may be a change in personality. Dementia can develop suddenly when a severe injury, disease or toxin destroys brain cells, or it can develop slowly, especially in ... |
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Uncaria tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Cat’s claw, an herb found in a limited region of the upper Andes in Peru, is one of several dozen herbs being promoted these days as an effective treatment, even a potential cure, for cancer, AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, candida infection, arthritis, and other disorders for which modern medicine ... |
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Beyond Ephedra: Bitter Orange (Citrus Aurantium) |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Though displaced by tastier varieties, researchers have shown great interest in the lowly bitter orange after recently discovering that Citrus aurantium contains a number of natural alkaloids that safely increase weight loss. Best of all, Citrus aurantium does so without many of the negative side ef... |
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The Effect of Shu Gan Jian Pi Huo Xue Tang (Course the Liver, Fo |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Seventy-five patients were included in a study published by Li Hong-wei in issue #5, 2002 of Xin Zhong Yi (New Chinese Medicine) on pages 28-29. All 75 patients were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and were seen as out-patients. These patients were divided into a treatment group and a comparison grou... |
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Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia. |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate, can lead to obstructive and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The pharmacologic use of plants and herbs (phytotherapy) for the treatment of LUTS associated with BPH has been growing steadily. The extract of t... |
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WHITE PEONY, RED PEONY, AND MOUTAN: |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| The Ranunculacea family yields numerous important Chinese herbs (1), including aconite, anemone, cimicifuga, clematis, coptis, and the peonies (Paeonia). The underground parts-roots or rhizomes-of this group of plants are utilized in making medicines. The genus Paeonia is named for the most ancient ... |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF CHINESE HERBS |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| We would like to introduce you to Chinese Herbal medicine. One of the
longest continuously used systems of herbal medicine known to humanity;
it has a tradition of use of 2,500 to 5,000 years. Chinese Herbal Medicine is effective as an independent treatment
method, it is ideally one part of a lar... |
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When east meets west: the relationship between yin-yang and anti |
Topic: Chinese Herbs |
| Abstract: Ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has effectively relied on the theory of yin-yang balance in diagnoses and treatments of diseases and disorders for more than 2000 years. However, in eastern society, yin-yang is regarded as an incomprehensible ideology without definite physi... |
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