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Herbal Therapies for Cancer What is this ?

 
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Dorothy123
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:09 am    Post subject: Herbal Therapies for Cancer Reply with quote
Focused up to this point on acupuncture, moxibustion, and acupressure, the scientific literature on traditional Chinese herbal therapies is even more intriguing. It is important to remember Eisenberg's point that, contrary to American preconceptions, herbal therapies, not acupuncture, are the principle remedies in traditional Chinese medicine. As you read the often astonishing claims for the herbal remedies, keep in mind two thoughts: first, clinical trials in China are frequently not randomized controlled clinical trials. And even when they are, the methodology is often suspect by Western scientific standards. So the human trials reported below should be seen as suggestive and intriguing but by no means definitive.

On the other hand, it is important to note Kaptchuk's suggestion that traditional Chinese herbal therapies may often be more effective in traditional clinical combinations than when single components are isolated in Western scientific analysis and then simply administered as new chemotherapeutic agents in conventional medical practice. So while poorly designed studies may overstate the potential benefit of traditional Chinese herbal remedies in some respects, the transformation of elements from ingredients in a complex holistic traditional medicine to pharmacological agents in a Western medical system may cause us to underestimate the benefits of the intact traditional therapies.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:31 am    Post subject: HerbalChinese therapies Reply with quote
I am confused by your post Dorothy123 . Is it in relation to another post? It seems like I am missing the context...I am interested in your thoughts re CHinese medicine and would like to know more to understand your writings Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:47 am    Post subject: Re:inspire Reply with quote
Hello inspire:

Thank you for you question,if you are interesting in the subject about the herbal therapy for cancer,here i would like to recommend you to visit the tcmadvisory forum,and you will learn more about the treatment for cancer especially the herbal therapy for cancer.
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