ginseng article

[Guest guest]

Nice article in Reuter's on ginseng- at the moment this headline is

first up on news' " Most Popular " :

 

Flaxseed, ginseng show benefit in cancer treatment

 

The article discusses a well-designed clinical trial that showed a

dose-dependent benefit of ginseng in the treatment of fatigue in

chemotherapy. I liked that they specified the dose (and used a

realistic, albeit modest quantity), the type, the production region,

and the crop uniformity of the ginseng used. They paid attention to

proper quality control/sourcing and dosage, and they got a good result.

 

See:

http://news./s/nm/20070604/hl_nm/cancer_alternatives_dc;_ylt=ArRdbTBJkl\

JFuYJB7FRMe2nMWM0F

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

Good article. The photo shows an East German harvesting some pretty

hunky Ginseng- Ren Shen? while the article describes Wisconsin ginseng

being used in the trial- Xi Yang Shen?

Doug

 

 

, " Eric Brand "

<smilinglotus wrote:

>

> Nice article in Reuter's on ginseng- at the moment this headline is

> first up on news' " Most Popular " :

>

> Flaxseed, ginseng show benefit in cancer treatment

>

> The article discusses a well-designed clinical trial that showed a

> dose-dependent benefit of ginseng in the treatment of fatigue in

> chemotherapy. I liked that they specified the dose (and used a

> realistic, albeit modest quantity), the type, the production region,

> and the crop uniformity of the ginseng used. They paid attention to

> proper quality control/sourcing and dosage, and they got a good result.

>

> See:

>

http://news./s/nm/20070604/hl_nm/cancer_alternatives_dc;_ylt=ArRdbTBJkl\

JFuYJB7FRMe2nMWM0F

>

> Eric

>

[Guest guest]

, " "

wrote:

>

> Good article. The photo shows an East German harvesting some pretty

> hunky Ginseng- Ren Shen? while the article describes Wisconsin ginseng

> being used in the trial- Xi Yang Shen?

 

Yes, the study used xi yang shen. The photo that put to

accompany it is a bit random (I didn't even know they grew ginseng in

Germany!), but the study itself looks interesting.

 

I can't find the full text of the study though. It looks as though the

study may have been just presented at a conference last weekend- if

anyone finds the full-text article in a journal or pubmed, please send

us the citation or link. Thanks!

 

Eric