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 ...

Scientists have unravelled one of the secrets of a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese skullcap - known as Huang-Qin - is traditionally used for fever, liver and lung problems.

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 ...

An age-old mixture of four herbs could spare patients with cancer some of the side effects of chemotherapy. The cocktail comprises Chinese peonies, Chinese liquorice, the fruit of the Chinese date ...

A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale ...

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, ...