Search results for: 'Xiang Ru San'

Adding the herbal formula Yue Ju Wan (YJW) to the drug fluoxetine can significantly speed up the onset of its antidepressant effects in patients with major depressive disorder ...

Author Heiko Lade Patient Female aged 55 Symptoms This particular patient was referred by another acupuncturist who didn't use herbs and had not obtained any results using acupuncture alone. Technically she did not have Meniere's syndrome but certainly wind phlegm was active. She presented to me with the biomedical diagnosis of stibulitis (inner ear infection ) .There was a history of dizziness ...

A study from China suggests that Jianpi Qingchang Decoction can be used to relieve symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis ...

A systematic review by Chinese authors provides an appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) ...

Patient Female: 31 years Introduction Hysterosalpingography showed both fallopian tubes blocked at both ends with signs of hydrosalpinx. No prospect of successful surgery was ofered. No sign of current infection. Had prolonged pelvic inflammatory disease in 1991 with long-term pain following. Generally few current symptoms. Some signs of mild Liver fire (red tongue sides and premenstrual irritabil ...

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 ...

Randomised controlled trials of herbal therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) show encouraging results, but studies remain limited and heterogenous. Authors from Hong Kong analysed 21 RCTs including a total of 1484 subjects. For ulcerative colitis (UC), aloe vera gel, wheat grass juice, Andrographis paniculata extract (Chuan Xin Lian) and topical Xi Lei San (administered by ...

A case report Herpes zoster,a sporadic disease, is the consequence of reactivation of latent VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) from the dorsal root ganglion. Shingles or herpes zoster is characterised by a unilateral vesicular eruption within a dermatome often associated with severe pain. Most debilitating complication of herpes zoster is pain associated with acute neuritis and post herpetic neuralgia ...

Adding acupuncture to conventional treatment is beneficial for patients suffering from functional dyspepsia (FD), according to a Brazilian research team.

Although many Asian practitioners are happy to specialise as acupuncturists, and therefore do not prescribe herbs, there has been a tendency in the west to feel that acupuncture alone is somehow inadequate. In the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis at least, this does not seem to be the case. In a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial, 65 patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis re ...