Alternative Medicine

2005 ◽  
Vol 09 (21) ◽  
pp. 1160-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl W. K. Tsim ◽  
Shao P. Li
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Cordyceps Sinensis

Cordyceps sinensis—a Traditional Chinese Medicine Known as Winter-worm Summer-grass.

A polysaccharide isolated from Cordyceps sinensis, a traditional Chinese medicine, protects PC12 cells against hydrogen peroxide-induced injury

Life Sciences ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (19) ◽  
pp. 2503-2513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao P Li ◽  
Kui J Zhao ◽  
Zhao N Ji ◽  
Zong H Song ◽  
Tina T.X Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Pc12 Cells ◽  
Cordyceps Sinensis

Alternative Medicine

2002 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 115-121
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Heroin Addicts ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Good For

Ancient Chinese Recipe Good for Colds, Cancer. The Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese Doctor Invents Acupuncture Treatment for Heroin Addicts. From Quack Medicine to Bona Fide Cures — An Introduction to Mongolian Medicine. Hong Kong to Hold TCM Conference.

scholarly journals Acupuncture Improves Sleep Conditions of Minipigs Representing Diurnal Animals through an Anatomically Similar Point to the Acupoint (GV20) Effective for Humans

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka-ichiro Takeishi ◽  
Masahisa Horiuchi ◽  
Hiroaki Kawaguchi ◽  
Yoshiki Deguchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Izumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Porcine Model ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Miniature Pigs ◽  
Similar Point ◽  
Catecholamine Analysis

Acupuncture, an alternative medicine, has been widely applied for people with sleep disturbances; therefore, the effects should be evaluated objectively. Micro-minipigs (MMPigs), the smallest miniature pigs for animal experiments, were used. Acupuncture was performed at two different points: Dafengmen is located on the head and is an anatomically similar point to human-Baihui (GV20), an effective acupoint for sleep disturbances in humans; pig-Baihui is on the back. The procedure was performed as follows: shallow, within 5 mm depth for several seconds; deep, 10–20 mm depth for 20 min. The sleep conditions were evaluated by actigraph, and the amount of catecholamine in pooled urine after acupuncture treatment. MMPigs with deep acupuncture at Dafengmen showed significantly efficient values on actigraph and catecholamine analysis as compared with untreated MMPigs. The effective acupoint for sleep conditions in the porcine model is at an anatomically similar point to humans, rather than the point determined by traditional Chinese medicine.

Alternative Medicine

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 689-692
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
History Of

History of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Alternative Medicine

2002 ◽  
Vol 06 (14) ◽  
pp. 517-518
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Modern Technology

Dr. Schwabe to Spread Awareness about Homoeopathy. Traditional Chinese Medicine Combines with Modern Technology.

scholarly journals Reparative properties of the traditional Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis (Chinese caterpillar mushroom) using HT29 cell culture and rat gastric damage models of injury

2011 ◽  
Vol 105 (9) ◽  
pp. 1303-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Marchbank ◽  
Ehighale Ojobo ◽  
Christopher J. Playford ◽  
Raymond J. Playford
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Cordyceps Sinensis ◽  
Gastric Damage ◽  
Gastric Injury ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
Models Of Injury ◽  
Induced Apoptosis

Cordyceps sinensis (CS) is a traditional Chinese medicine and health food used to support many organ systems. It is commercially produced by cultivation in a liquid medium or on a solid (grain/potato) phase. We tested the effects of hot water extracts of liquid-phase and solid-phase commercially grown CS on its ability to influence proliferation (using Alamar blue, an oxidation/reduction indicator), migration (serial-wounded monolayer photomicroscopy), invasion through collagen gel (fluorometric assay) and indomethacin-induced apoptosis (active caspase-3 colorimetric assay) of human colon cancer HT29 cells. An in vivo study used a rat gastric damage model (indomethacin 20 mg/kg and 4 h restraint with oral administration). The CS extract stimulated cell proliferation threefold when added at 10 μg/ml (P < 0·01). Cell migration increased by 69 % and invasion by 17 % when CS was added at 5 mg/ml (P < 0·01). The results also showed that 93 % of the pro-proliferative activity was soluble in ethanol, whereas pro-migratory activity was divided (61:49) into both ethanol-soluble and ethanol-insoluble sub-fractions. Indomethacin-induced apoptosis was not affected by the presence of CS. CS reduced the amount of gastric injury by 63 % when administered orally at 20 mg/ml (P < 0·01), the results being similar to using the potent cytoprotective agent epidermal growth factor at 25 μg/ml (83 % reduction). We conclude that both methods of cultivated CS possess biological activity when analysed using a variety of gut models of injury and repair. Functional foods, such as CS, could provide a novel approach for the prevention and treatment of injury to the bowel.

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