In the 1950’s endocrinologist Hans Selye described stress as “the consequence of the failure to adapt to change, specifically the inability to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined” (1). It is a logical inference, therefore, that coping with stress involves approaches that boost an individual’s adaptability to change. Nature provides ...

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. E-mail: moc.oohay@66ahbivrd Copyright : © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medi...

Chinese Kidney Activator is designed to help strengthen and support kidney and urinary tract health. Chinese Kidney Activator contains a blend of herbs that help relieve fluid retention, soothe inflammation, alleviate pain and swelling, promote circulation, relax muscles cramps and spasms, and combat infection. In addition, several herbs are known to help relieve pain and stiffness in the back ...

Phytochemical studies of leaf of the herbs, Andrographis paniculata and Andrographis lineate (Acanthaceae) were carried out. Presence of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, alkaloids saponins and tannins and absence of steroids and triterpenoids have been reported there in this herbs for the first time.

We performed lymphocyte transformation tests (LTTs) for toki (angelicae radix) and ogon (scutellariae radix) on first-visit patients who had never taken Kampo medicines. LTTs for both herbs were positive in 12 of 14 patients, suggesting that LTTs for these herbs are unreliable for the diagnosis of Kampo medicine-induced liver injury.

UNLABELLED Herbs and spices have a traditional history of use, with strong roles in cultural heritage, and in the appreciation of food and its links to health. Demonstrating the benefits of foods by scientific means remains a challenge, particularly when compared with standards applied for assessing pharmaceutical agents. Pharmaceuticals are small-molecular-weight compounds consumed in a purifi...

In past decades, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) has been widely researched through various methods in computer science, but none digs into huge amount of ancient TCM prescriptions and endless digital TCM information to display the compatible and incompatible relationship among herbs. To meet the challenge and to mine the groups of compatible herbs for further drug exploitation, we explore t...