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Spicy Pepper Remedy Equalizes Spring Pollen Allergies

...es, hot peppers have been credited with mysterious medicinal properties due to their unique ability to produce natural heat//. Throughout history, hot peppers have been used to fight topical pain, headaches and even heart attacks, but today nature's tasty heat generators are also being used to treat common all...

Karnataka Pharmacy Gets Licence to Produce Medicines from White Arecanut

... Indian betel chewers, has been known to have some medicinal properties. It is used in the manufacture of toothpowder and to combat tapeworms. The Mangalore foundation had initiated research on alternative use of arecanut through the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Ayurveda Pharmacy, Udupi. The the Direc...

Low-dose Aspirin Beats High-dose After Cardiac Surgery

...al decades,// as combinations of interventions and medicinal therapy have gradually begun to increase long-term survival rates. Two studies has looked at the measurable impact of the use of aspirin and other maintenance therapies, and one demonstrates that lower doses of therapies may prove to be just as be...

Siddha Medicine Texts to Be Published in English

...ehind vast literature in Tamil, dealing with their medicinal system. Its drugs are essentially based on herbs. Minister Veerasamy released a book in Tamil on the Sidha prescriptions for Parkinson’s. He asserted that the disease was not terrifying and could be controlled with proper medical care. He also...

Legal ‘high’ Drugs Declared Illegl

...ale. The agency has warned that piperazine is a medicinal product and must be licensed and sold only in pharmacies, after safety regulations. There are warnings of prosecution issued to illegal vendors of the drugs, by the agency. Source-Medinda ANN...

Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

...nt, biologically active compound isolated from the medicinal ‘Thunder God Vine’ Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F. The TCM tea Lei Gong Teng made from this plant has been used for centuries, as a therapeutic against cancer, inflammation, and auto-immune diseases. Crews and colleagues showed that triptolide causes ...

Crushed Garlic Has Health Benefits

...ts, says a study. // Garlic's health benefits and medicinal properties are well known. It has long been considered a herbal "wonder drug" with a reputation in folklore for preventing everything from the common cold and flu to the plague. Garlic is used extensively in herbal medicine and it contains compound...

UIC Researchers Receive $2.1 Million Grant

...incipal investigator Alan Kozikowski, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy. "Currently, treatments for bipolar disorder include so-called 'mood stabilizers' -- lithium and valproic acid," Kozikowski said. "Both are relatively dated drugs that are only partially effective and produce various und...

'Hen Factories' To Synthesize Cancer Drugs

...cently developed a way of pooling large amounts of medicinal proteins in the egg whites of hens. These researchers have succeeded in producing a type of antibody that is designed to help in the treatment of melanoma, a kind of skin cancer. Study is underway to produce three different proteins that are employ...

Tips to Prevent and Treat Winter Laryngitis

...es and gargling salt water don’t have any specific medicinal benefit, but they can feel soothing and comforting, Hogikyan says. “Also, having a good comfort level in your throat will prevent you from maybe using some voice or throat muscles in a way that might be more straining,” he notes. ? While most viral ...

New Ayurvedic Remedy for Radiation Pain

...r Biotechnology said,"We can't reveal names of the medicinal herbs as we are yet to receive the patent. But the plants are common and used in many of our traditional medicines." Presently the drug used to control mucositis is Amifostine, a dose of which is injected 30 minutes before radiation and costs around...

Chinese Red Yeast Rice Lowers Lipid Levels

...(RYR) is known to contain several ingredients with medicinal properties. One of them is lovastatin, and several trials have confirmed// its possible lipid-lowering effects. This analysis was conducted to assess the effectiveness and safety of RYR extract in changing lipid levels in people with primary hyper...

Taking a bath the Tibetan way

... with cypress and azalea leaves and three kinds of medicinal herbs. The soup is boiled and the steam produced provides the smoke for bathers. Tibetans believe this helps blood circulation and the kidney. Research and training have evolved more herbal combinations to treat diseases like skin ailments, arthrit...

Anti Inflammatory Evaluation Of Plumeria Acuminata Leaves

...ughout the Southern parts of India. In traditional medicinal system different parts of the plant have been mentioned to be useful in a variety of diseases. The plant material is widely used as a purgative, remedy for diarrhoea and cure for itch. The milky juice is employed for the treatment of inflammation and...

Carcinogens in Fish Worries Chinese Watchdogs

...to low resistance to diseases, the fish are fed on medicinal supplements, which sometime leave harmful, carcinogenic residues in their flesh. Other cities, including Tianjin, Liaoning and Xi'an have started inspections after contaminated turbot was discovered by officials in Shanghai. Food safety was given...

TV nutritionist Banned from Sale of Sex Aids

...dicines because of the presence of some well-known medicinal herbs and because of the claims being made by McKeith Research Ltd in their products. However since only licensed medicines can be advertised, they were violating MHRA norms. Ms McKeith s credentials as a scientist came under suspicion as it was re...

Hormone Therapy May Improve the Trip Down Memory Lane

...ks, compared with those on placebo (a pill with no medicinal value). The researchers used images from functional MRI, or fMRI, to compare the participants’ brain activity. “Our findings suggest that even relatively short periods of hormone therapy have effects on the memory systems that may be of benefit to ...

Medicinal Plant Rediscovered After 115 Years

...ists in Arunachal Pradesh have rediscovered a rare medicinal plant after more than a century. // Two scientis...s locally known) and no recorded use by locals for medicinal purpose,' Ambarish said. The small plant, measuring about 30 centimetres with two petals and two s...

Turmeric prevents rheumatoid arthritis: US study

...before turmeric supplements can be recommended for medicinal use in preventing or suppressing rheumatoid arthritis. This study also provides the first in vivo documentation of a mechanism of action - how curcumin-containing extracts protect against arthritis. The researchers found that the curcuminoid extrac...

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

...er also stressed the need to improve the export of medicinal plants as finished products. 'Currently, 90 per cent of our medicinal plant exports are in the raw material form. This process needs to be reversed, wherein 90 per cent o...

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