A team of scientists has revealed how Scutellaria baicalensis, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, produces compounds which may help to treat cancer and liver diseases. A team of scientists ...

This release is also available in Chinese. A centuries‑old traditional Chinese medicine may reduce the intestinal side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients by stimulating gut cell division and ...

There's growing acceptance that herbal medicines could be effective for medical conditions, but the scientific evidence to vault such a treatment into an approved drug is often lacking. As Shirley ...

Once upon a time, around 1,800 years ago, there was a Chinese medicine known as Huang Qin Tang. It was based on four different herbs and was used to treat gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea, ...