12 May

Study: Chinese herbal medicine is twice as effective for infertility as conventional Western drug therapy

In December issue of the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, women receiving Chinese herbal medicine treatments were twice as likely to get pregnant within a four-month period than those receiving conventional Western medical fertility drug treatment or IVF. There are eight RCTs, 13 cohort studies, three case series and six case studies involving a total […]

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08 Sep

Urinary Incontinence

Frequent urination or urinary frequency is the need to urinate more often than usual.[1] It is often, though not necessarily, associated with urinary incontinence and polyuria. A frequent need to urinate at night is called nocturia.[1] Frequent urination is strongly associated with frequent incidences of urinary urgency. Except the cause of infections, Research published in […]

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29 Jul

Painful Menstrual Cramps: Chinese Herbs can help

  — Cathy Margolin, L.Ac An international nonprofit organization, known as the Cochrane Collaboration, studied the effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine in relieving menstrual pain compared to western drugs.  Their conclusion:  “Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhea roughly doubled pain relief and improvement in overall symptoms compared with conventional Western pharmaceuticals,” reported Xiaoshu Zhu. (1) Here […]

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