Researchers at Hoseo University reported that Korean mistletoe water extract reduced hot flushes, dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis and muscle loss in ovariectomized rats, which the authors take as evidence it may relieve some menopausal symptoms.
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Herbs
Herbal remedies and botanicals, from turmeric to green tea.
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Saffron extract may prevent prostate cancer - study
An Italian study reports that crocins from saffron and the crocetin esters formed after digestion showed potent anticancer activity in prostate cancer cell cultures and in xenografted nude mice, with crocetin esters more potent than saffron or crocins.
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Gurmar: What the herb can do for you?
A review of Gymnema sylvestre, the Ayurvedic herb called gurmar, covers the gymnemic acids and gurmarin behind its sweet-suppressing effect and its reported uses for diabetes, cholesterol, weight and a long list of other conditions.
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Ginger extracts improve high fructose induced renal injury
A Chinese study in rats fed high fructose reports that fructose induced kidney injury and that ginger extracts improved it. The authors attribute the protection to suppressed expression of proinflammatory cytokines.
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Yokukansan helps schizophrenia
A report suggests the traditional herbal medicine yokukansan may help treat schizophrenia. Several open-label clinical studies found it effective against schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like psychosis, and animal and neurobiology work points to antipsychotic properties in its ingredients.
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Herbs and sexual performance - review
A review of plants and plant extracts used to stimulate sexual desire, improve performance and aid spermatogenesis, classifying known phytoconstituents by chemical group and reporting what is known of their pharmacology, mechanisms of action and toxicity.
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Iranian spice good for the heart
In a six-month Iranian trial, patients with less than 50 percent coronary narrowing took 15.3 grams a day of Heracleum persicum fruit extract or placebo. The extract left cholesterol unchanged but significantly lowered triglycerides, which the authors call a possible adjunct treatment.
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Herbal supplement helps osteoarthritis
In a one-week trial of 79 adults with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis, the herbal supplement UP446, made from Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu extracts, reduced pain and improved knee range of motion. Both it and naproxen eased stiffness.
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Traditional Chinese medicine helps IBS-D
A four-week randomized trial found the Chinese herbal formula Yigan Fupi Decoction outperformed pinaverium bromide on bowel symptom severity, defecation state and quality-of-life scores in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.
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Taiwanese herb may help arthritis
Doctors at New Taipei City Hospital report that a supplement made from Vitis thunbergii var. taiwaniana, high in flavones and phenols, scavenged free radicals without apparent toxicity and improved some biomarkers in rabbits with drug-induced inflammatory arthritis.
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Green tea extract prevents wrinkle formation
Yonsei University researchers gave green tea extract to hairless mice exposed to UVB three times a week for 10 weeks. Doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg reduced wrinkle formation and raised antioxidant enzyme activity; 10 mg/kg did not. Vitamin C also cut the UV damage.
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Ginkgo Biloba may help Alzheimer's patients receiving cholinesterase inhibitors
Among 828 Alzheimer's patients followed a year, those taking Ginkgo biloba alongside cholinesterase inhibitors differed significantly from inhibitor-only patients on Mini Mental State Examination scores, though not on ADAS-Cog or activities of daily living.
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History and Experience: A Survey of Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
A research article in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine surveying how traditional Chinese medicine, practiced in China for more than 2,000 years, has been used to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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Jiang Tang Xiao Ke Wan fights diabetes mellitus
In rats with induced diabetes fed a high-fat diet, four weeks of the Chinese herbal formula Jiang Tang Xiao Ke Wan lowered serum glucose 12 percent, triglycerides 57 percent and LDL 44 percent, an effect the researchers compare with pioglitazone. Published in Evid.-Based Compl. Alt. Medicine.
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Aralia root bark extract helps glipizide better treat type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a trial of 148 patients with type 2 diabetes, adding Aralia root bark extract to glipizide for eight weeks lowered HbA1c more than glipizide alone and also cut total and LDL cholesterol. The authors describe the added benefit as moderate.
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High doses of green tea extract may cause side effects in some patients
A case report describes a 63-year-old woman who developed acute drug-induced hepatitis after taking green tea capsules on a cancer support group's advice. Her liver injury reversed completely once she stopped, and tests found no contaminants in the capsules.
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Bitter gourd extract promotes wound healing
Researchers treated excision wounds on New Zealand rabbits for 28 days and found an olive oil extract of bitter gourd produced the best histopathological outcomes, ahead of dexpanthenol and nitrofurazone. Untreated wounds carried more inflammatory cells.
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Bioactives and Traditional Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Cardiovascular/Cerebrovascular Diseases
An editorial notes that cardiovascular disease has been the main cause of illness and death in developed countries for decades, with developing countries catching up, and that drug treatment of conventional risk factors reduces cardiovascular events.
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