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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Berberine for diabetes and herpes

Categories: Diabetes, Skin / dermatology, Herb research
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Bi-Qi capsules prevent inflammation

Categories: Herb research
Bi-Qi capsules, which are prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis and other osteoarticular diseases, have been found to suppress inflammation via several molecular pathways. The capsules contents include Ma Qian Zi (Strychni Semen), Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix) Fu Ling (Poriae Cocos Sclerotium), Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephalae Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix), Chuan Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) ...
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Ephedra affects autonomic activity

Categories: Herb research
Consumption of ephedra (Ma Huang, Ephedrae Herba) extract has both acute and chronic effects on autonomic nervous activity. Twenty healthy Taiwanese subjects were given 1g of ephedra dry extract or placebo once per day for 14 days in a crossover fashion with a seven-day washout period between treatments. Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) showed that ingestion of ephedra caused the sympathov ...
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Nanofibres explain healing properties of yunnan baiyao

Categories: Herb research
American scientists using atomic force microscopy (AFM) have discovered nano-scale fibres in Yunnan Baiyao, the traditional Chinese herbal medicine used to treat wounds. AFM images revealed an abundance of uniform nanofibres, about 25nm in diameter and 86-726nm in length, in a solution of Yunnan Baiyao powder. The authors suggest that the unique adhesive and structural properties of nanofibres may ...
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