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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Chinese herbs helpful for Raynaud's
Categories: Herbal medicine, Herb research
Chinese herbal medicine may have a positive effect on primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP), conclude Chinese systematic review authors ...
Chinese herbs improve heart function in hypertension
A Chinese herbal formula, Bushen Jiangya (BSJYO) granules, shows a positive effect on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in hypertensive patients ...
Chinese herbs can protect organs from injury by COVID
A review of traditional Chinese herbs used in the treatment of COVID-19 suggests that they may be able to protect patients from organ damage through multiple immunomodulatory mechanisms ...
Chinese medicine adds benefit to COVID care
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), added to standard care (SC), can help to improve treatment outcomes in COVID-19 cases ...
Chinese herbal formula speeds up COVID recovery
A Chinese herbal product, Lianhuaqingwen capsules (LH capsules), can help people recover faster from COVID-19, according to research carried out in China ...
Cannabis useful for dementia
Cannabis may be useful in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) report Korean systematic review authors ...
Agreement on TCM diagnoses is poor in published studies
Levels of inter-rater agreement on factors pertaining to TCM diagnosis in published studies are generally low to moderate, conclude the authors of a systematic review carried out in America ...
Cannabis useful for dementia
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herbal medicine
Cannabis may be useful in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease ...
Dang Gui Shao Yao San reduces dementia symptoms
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herbal medicine
The Chinese herbal formula Dang Gui Shao Yao San (DSS) provides clinically important reductions in symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) ..
Si Ni Tang improves liver function and survival for hepatitis patients
Categories: Herbal medicine
Modified Si Ni Tang (Frigid Extremities Decoction) can protect liver function and improve the survival rates of patients with hepatitis B virus related acute-on-chronic liver failure ...
Herbal ointment heals pressure sores
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Herbal medicine
Moist Exposed Burn Ointment, a Chinese herbal product, is effective for improving healing of pressure ulcers ...
Honeysuckle contains novel 'virological penicillin' molecule
Categories: Herbal medicine
Chinese researchers have discovered what they call the first ‘virological penicillin’, a molecule called MIR2911, which is found in the Chinese herb honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua, Flos Lonicerae) ...
As tigers go extinct, Chinese medicine switches to lions
Categories: Herbal medicine, General discussion
As tiger populations in the wild continue to dwindle towards extinction, it seems that attention is turning towards lion bones as replacements for the Chinese medicine trade.
First Chinese herbal medicine licensed for European sale
Categories: Herbal medicine
A Chinese herbal medicine used to treat heart disease has been licensed for sale in the Netherlands, making it the first Chinese medicine to receive marketing authorisation in a Western market since the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medici ...
Extraordinary research findings on a classical Chinese herbal prescription
Categories: Herbal medicine
Visit the journal's Facebook page to see details of some wonderful new research on the classical 13th century Chinese prescription Dangui Buxue Tang.
Chinese herbs demonstrate anti-fungal activity
Categories: Herbal medicine
A Chinese group has demonstrated that crude extracts from a number of Chinese herbs have in vitro activity against Candida species isolated from patients with HIV/AIDS. Herbal extracts with anti-Candida activity included Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan), Tu Jin Pi (Cortex Pseudolarix), Gao Liang Jiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae officinarum), Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Ding xiang (Flos Caryophylli [Clove]), Ro ...
Researchers find Chinese Herbal Medicine more effective than modern medicine for female infertility
Categories: Herbal medicine, Comment
In an Australian Government-funded study, Ried and Stuart of Adelaide University reviewed 8 RCT’s and 22 smaller studies involving a total of 1851 women with poor fertility. Meta-analysis of studies involving over 1000 women found roughly double the likelihood of achieving pregnancy with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) than with western drug therapy. Over a 4 month period pregnancy rates were ...
Herbal formula resolves H1N1 fever as fast as Tamiflu
A combination of the Chinese herbal formulae Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang (Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum and Licorice Decoction) and Yin Qiao San (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder) can be used as an alternative to the drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1 ...
Ginger relieves muscle soreness
Daily supplementation with ginger root (Gan Jiang [Zingiberis Rhizoma]) has been found to reduce exercise-induced pain by 25%.
Statutory regulation for UK herbalists
Categories: Herbal medicine, Comment
In February, the UK government's Department of Health announced that herbalists, including practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine, will be regulated by the Health Professions Council (HPC) from April 2012
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