Finding strategies to prevent the early onset of CHF is therefore valuable, and the fact that so many herbal ingredients have exhibited cardioprotective effects is encouraging. With thousands of years of history and a wealth of theories and knowledge, TCM has been used to prevent and treat heart...
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood stasis is an important pathological factor leading to CHD. Specifically, blood stasis stagnates in the meridians, impeding the smooth flow of Qi in the body, affecting fluid metabolism, and ultimately leading to symptoms such as edema, which further ...
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat diseases and complications during pregnancy, and it is apparently well accepted as with fewer side effects. There are 31 Chinese herbal medicines that were classified as toxic and contraindicated during pregnancy, which have been listed in many ...
Leukotriene pathway inhibitors are drugs that inhibit the synthesis of leukotrienes or block the actions of leukotrienes. Leukotrienes like LTB4, LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4 are involved in allergic inflammatory reactions like mucosal edema, mucus secretion, increased bronchial reactivity to histamine and bronch...
The “eighteen antagonisms” specifies thatA. carmichaeliandT. kirilowiishould not be used together, although scant evidence supports this dictum. The main functions of aconite are to restore and assist yang in relieving inferiority, dispel cold to relieve pain, and to treat diseases such as heart...
The Gelao use mole crickets to treat stone diseases, while the Miao use them for swelling, detoxification, and diuresis [75], the Bouyei for dog bites [76], and the Shui for edema [77]. The Gelao use Zaocys dhumnades to treat tremors, while Mongolian medicine uses it for scabies, ...
Salvia miltiorrhiza is a very popular medicinal plant that has been extensively applied for many years to treat various diseases, either alone or in combination with other Chinese plant-based medicines [47]. It has many biological activities such as antioxidant, neuroprotection, anti-inflammation, ant...
Salvia miltiorrhiza is a very popular medicinal plant that has been extensively applied for many years to treat various diseases, either alone or in combination with other Chinese plant-based medicines [47]. It has many biological activities such as antioxidant, neuroprotection, anti-inflammation, ant...
Heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines comprise a variety of herbal medicines that can be used to treat heat-related syndromes such as high body temperature, thirst in the mouth and throat, constipation, inflammation, and pain [21]. Houttuynia cordata Thunb. (Yu Xing Cao) eliminated heat and ...
New electrocardiographic changes, acute pulmonary edema, ventricular arrhythmias, or hemodynamic instability could also constitute evidence of ischemia. MI was defined by a new Q wave (duration >0.03 seconds) in two contiguous electrocardiographic leads or elevations in creatine kinase (CK) and CK-MB,...