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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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Room for improvement in systematic reviews of herbal medicine
Categories: Herb research
An overview of systematic reviews of Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) published in the Cochrane Database has identified areas that could be improved in future studies.
Gou Teng beneficial in Parkinson's disease
Categories: Neurological, Herb research
A pilot study carried out in Hong Kong has found that a formula containing the Chinese herb Gou Teng (Uncaria rhynchophylla) can help patients with Parkinson's disease carry out their daily living activities.
Thunder god vine could provide new cancer drugs
Categories: Cancer, Herb research
Triptolide, isolated from the Chinese herb Lei Gong Teng (Tripterygii wilfordii Radix) could be a source of potential new anticancer drugs.
Digestive herbal formulae have antacid effect in vitro
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Herb research
Two Chinese herbal formulae have been found to have antacid effects in an artificial stomach model.
Yunnan Baiyao's secret ingredients leaked on US websites
Categories: Herb research, Professional
Chinese internet users were astonished to find the 'secret' ingredient list for the famous haemostatic herbal powder Yunnan Baiyao openly displayed on the websites of Amazon.com and the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Astragalus-rehmannia formula heals diabetic ulcers
Categories: Diabetes, Herb research
A two-herb formula consisting of the herbs Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, RA) and Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, RR) can enhance diabetic wound healing because of its angiogenic and anti-inflammatory activities, which promote tissue regeneration.
No deaths from herbs and supplements
Categories: Herb research, Professional
Statistics from the American Association of Poison Control Centers show that no deaths were caused by dietary supplements in the country in 2008.
Artesunate should be drug of choice for malaria
Categories: Herb research, Fever/infectious diseases
Artesunate, a compound extracted from the Chinese herb Qing Hao (Artemisiae annuae Herba) should be the drug of choice for adults and children with severe malaria worldwide, according to two major new studies.
Cinnamon beneficial in many diseases
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Herb research
Cinnamon bark (Cinnamomi Cortex [Rou Gui]) has a potential role in the prevention of many diseases, according to a review by American authors.
Ginger relieves muscle soreness
Daily supplementation with ginger root (Gan Jiang [Zingiberis Rhizoma]) has been found to reduce exercise-induced pain by 25%.
Hemp Seed Pill eases constipation
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Herb research
Hemp Seed Pill (HSP, [Ma Zi Ren Wan]) can improve the symptoms of patients suffering from functional constipation (FC). Researchers from Hong Kong carried out a rigorously designed two-part study to assess the efficacy of HSP in treating FC. In trial I, involving 96 subjects, the optimal dosage of HSP was determined from among three doses (2.5g, 5.0g and 7.5g, twice daily). A dose of 7.5g twice da ...
Huang Qin Tang eases side-effects of cancer treatments
Categories: Cancer, Herb research
The Chinese herbal formula Huang Qin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) reduces the intestinal side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients by stimulating gut cell division and reducing inflammation. The four-herb formula (consisting of Scutellariae Radix [Huang Qin], Jujubae Fructus [Da Zao], Paeoniae Radix alba [Bai Shao] and Glycyrrhizae Radix preparata [Zhi Gan Cao]) is traditionally used to trea ...
Smells like good medicine
Categories: Herb research
Beany flavour is a traditional sensory indicator for evaluating the quality of Huang Qi (Astragali Radix). A root with a strong beany flavour is considered to be of good quality in Chinese medicine. A new study from China has linked the beany flavour to the volatile component hexanal. In addition, the level of hexanal was positively associated with the concentration of astragaloside IV and total p ...
Ancient methods lead to more effective malaria medicines
Categories: Herb research, Fever/infectious diseases
Ancient Chinese preparation methods, that involved either soaking and wringing, or pounding and squeezing the fresh herb Qing Hao (Artemesiae Annuaeare Herba) are more effective than the current method of preparing herbal teas from the dried herb for producing artemisinin-rich extracts. A study by UK investigators has show that concentrations of artemisinin (the active anti-malarial component) in ...
Anti-inflammatory effect of salvia extract protects neurons
Categories: Herb research, Spinal cord
Salvianolic acid B (Sal B), a major active component of Dan Shen (Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix) may exert a neuroprotective effect by activating anti-inflammatory pathways in microglia (the resident macrophages of the brain and spinal cord). The results of the Chinese study showed that Sal B significantly reduced the production of inflammatory mediators - nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-al ...
Antimicrobial effect of Chinese herbs against oral bacteria
Categories: Herb research
A Hong Kong team has evaluated Twenty Chinese herbs for their antimicrobial activity against four common oral bacteria, using an in vitro assay. Thirteen herbs demonstrated activity against Porphyromonas gingivalis, including Hou Po (Magnoliae Cortex) Huang Bai (Phellodendri Cortex), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae), Wu Mei (Mume Fructus), Lian Qiao (Forsythiae ...
Berberine for diabetes and herpes
Chinese scientists recently performed a comprehensive metabonomic analysis to reveal potential mechanisms of berberine action in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Berberine is an alkaloid with a bright yellow color whose primary sources among Chinese herbs are Huang Bai (Phellodendri Cortex) and Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma). Serum samples were collected from 60 pati ...
Metabonomics for screening herb effects
Categories: Herb research
Metabonomics is an emerging technology that enables rapid in vivo screening of the metabolic responses of living systems to pathophysiological stimuli. It combines the power of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy with multivariate statistical analysis methods to rapidly provide a comprehensive metabolic profile of an organism. It can therefore provide extensive systems-le ...
Worms reveal secrets of herbal medicines
Categories: Herb research
American scientists have developed a biological method of testing the effects of herbal formulae using a laboratory model based on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This worm shares genes for aging and other traits with humans and other organisms. The researchers tested Shi Quan Da Bu Tang (SQDB), a mixture of ten herbs used to combat fatigue, and an 11-herb formula, Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXL ...
Huang Qin's antibiotic and anti-cancer activity
Categories: Cancer, Herb research
Baicalein is a flavonoid extracted from Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) and is found in a wide range of Chinese herbal medicines that have been used historically for their anti-inflammatory, antibiotic and anti-tumor action. Recent Chinese studies are revealing the molecular mechanisms responsible for these activities. In one study, baicalin was found to have an inhibitory activity on chlamydia inf ...
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