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10/22/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

Study finds that a traditional Chinese medicine is effective at treating liver cancer

Conventional treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy and radiation, are known for targeting even healthy cells. The damage induced on healthy cells by non-selective targeting these cancer treatments lead to side effects like diarrhea, anemia, infertility, mood changes, and weight loss. To avoid these side effects, people are now turning to traditional medicine for potential […]

09/19/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

A superfood most people have never heard of: Jujube fruit programs cancer cells to kill themselves

There’s a Chinese saying that three jujubes a day keep you young forever. This might sound odd to Western audiences who tend to associate the term “jujube” with brightly colored gummy candy often found at the movie theater concession stand. However, jujube is also the name of an Asian fruit that shows tremendous promise in […]

03/17/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

TCM medicines confirmed to accelerate cell death of breast cancer tumors

A team of researchers from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has uncovered promising breast cancer treatment in two unlikely substances. One is tetrandrine, a natural plant-based alkaloid with health benefits ranging from pain alleviation to tumor growth inhibition, while the other is arsenic trioxide, a traditional Chinese remedy with a history of cancer therapy. […]

12/28/2017 / By Ralph Flores

Acupuncture found to be effective at relieving side effects of traditional treatments in breast cancer patients, according to study

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been around for years – centuries even – because of its natural approach to human health. An area of TCM that’s getting renown even from Western medicine is acupuncture and based on the findings of a study made by researchers at the NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, it could work well […]

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