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It’s the Chinese medicine often compared to paracetamol. Lianhua Qingwen has long been used in mainland China to treat common colds and flu-like symptoms. The traditional Chinese medicine is also given to children, albeit in smaller doses. Since the start of the pandemic, Chinese authorities and scientists have been saying it is even effective at easing symptoms of Covid-19. It’s prompted some members of Australia’s Chinese community to stock-up on the medication available in China over-the-counter and with a prescription. “Lianhua Qingwen is very effective for symptoms such as the…

The presence of toxins in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM), their questionable clinical trials and lack of scientific evidence about their efficacy are raising many eyebrows. The detailed results of the trials of TCM are also not being published in public and the presence of toxins is not indicated on the packaging of TCM products due to lack of guidelines and required regulations, according to Inside Over. Arthur Grollman, a cancer researcher at Stony Brook University in New York, has published work showing how Aristolochic acid, an ingredient in many TCM…

As Gu Ailing won a historical gold in the women’s Freeski Big Air at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, a doctor of the Chinese team revealed the role that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) plays in treating China’s Olympians. Zhu Jiangwei, a physician at the Sichuan Province Orthopedic Hospital, worked for China’s national freeski big air and snowboard slopestyle team between October 2021 and January this year. Along with the team, Zhu traveled to Austria, Switzerland, the United States and other countries, providing medical care to members of the team,…

Shanghai has launched a digital traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) innovation center, vowing to benefit patients from across the world with quality TCM treatment resources. The project led by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine consists of three parts: the big data center, the internet medical center and the exhibition center of TCM. Based on the health record database of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission combined with patients’ data from the university and its affiliated hospitals, the big data center will integrate scientific research, medicine research and development, and the inheritance…

Although it’s not known whether anyone has been cured of COVID-19 using only traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), in the last year and a half dozens of scientific articles have been published on the merits of TCM in combating the pandemic. According to the paper Traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19 treatment, “COVID-19 treatment practice has shown that early intervention with TCM is an important way to improve cure rate, shorten the course of disease, delay disease progression and reduce mortality rate. Furthermore, the reasons why TCM works could include not only…

In Kenya, Hing Pal Singh is one of the patients who visits the Oriental Chinese Herbal Clinic in the capital, Nairobi. Singh is 85 years old. He has had problems with his back for five years. Singh is now trying herbal treatments. These are medicines made from plants. “There is a slight difference,” Singh said. “… It’s only a week now. It will take at least another 12 to 15 sessions. Then we see how it goes.” A 2020 study from the Beijing research group Development Reimagined, said that traditional…

Proponents of traditional Chinese medicine have met the head of the World Health Organization to present a report on its use in the fight against Covid-19. The delegation led by Huang Luqi, a vice-commissioner of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, met Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Monday. A statement published on the administration’s website on Wednesday said the report from the Chinese Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine “systematically evaluates the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine using scientific methods”, adding that Tedros had received the report “with…

The 1st Int’l Forum on Digital Credit and Technology to enhance International Quality practice of TCM & the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Kampo Pharmaceutical Research Center of the China-Japan Medical Science and Technology Exchange Association was held simultaneously in multiple venues via video link on Dec. 28. Representatives from governments, industry, research, academy and international organizations of China’s mainland, Macao, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries and regions, focused on the discussion of guiding the in-depth integration of digital technology with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry, advancing digitalization…

KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Pakistani health authorities on Monday announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19, as the South Asian nation enters a fifth wave of the pandemic driven by the Omicron variant. The Chinese medicine, Jinhua Qinggan Granules (JHQG) manufactured by Juxiechang (Beijing) pharmaceutical Co Ltd, is already being used in treatment of COVID-19 patients in China. “Since it was tried on patients with different variants of COVID-19, we expect it to be effective on Omicron as on…

A Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) maker has been accelerating its overseas registration process and expansion plans in response to booming global demand amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Despite lingering difficulties in getting approval in countries such as the US and Australia, the number of overseas approvals issued for TCMs such as Lianhua Qingwen has quadrupled since the pandemic, industry insiders said, a clear indication of TCM gaining wider acceptance overseas. Chinese herbal medicine maker Yiling Pharmaceutical’s patented Lianhua Qingwen capsules have been recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 by some…