Guest guest Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 Both the articles were indeed interesting. The first one, I suppose, related to Rou Gui, it seems. The second one, in my opinion very interesting because of the use of Coptis (berberine) in western medicine well known (well?) as hypolipidemic drug (lowers cholesterol). Many thanks, Marty! _____ Da: Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine Per conto di martyeisen Inviato: mercoledì 16 settembre 2009 15.45 A: Chinese Medicine Oggetto: Recent research _Effectiveness of Cinnamon for Lowering Hemoglobin A1C in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial_ (http://www.mdlinx. <http://www.mdlinx.com/readArticle.cfm?art_id=2870731> com/readArticle.cfm?art_id=2870731) Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 09/08/09 Crawford P – Taking cinnamon could be useful for lowering serum HbA1C in type 2 diabetics with HbA1C >7.0 in addition to usual care. Methods * A randomized, controlled trial. * 109 type 2 diabetics (HbA1C >7.0) from 3 primary care clinics caring for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients at a United States military base. * Participants were randomly allocated to either usual care with management changes by their primary care physician or usual care with management changes plus cinnamon capsules, 1g daily for 90 days. * HbA1c was drawn at baseline and 90 days and compared with intention –to–treat analysis. Results * Cinnamon lowered HbA1C 0.83% (95% CI, 0.46–1.20) compared with usual care. _A systematic review of single Chinese herbs for Alzheimers disease treatment_ (http://www.mdlinx. <http://www.mdlinx.com/readArticle.cfm?art_id=2873905> com/readArticle.cfm?art_id=2873905) Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , 09/11/09 Fuv LM et al. – Chinese herbs show promise in the treatment of AD in terms of their cognitive benefits and more importantly, their mechanisms of action that deal with the fundamental pathophysiology of the disease. __ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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