East West Medicine

By Nicole Sheldon,  The Spice Doc The one common denominator in almost all restaurants in mainland China, regardless of region or style, is that there is usually a medicinal aspect to, at the very least, a few dishes.  Whether it be Gou Qi Zi floating in a steamed chicken soup or Bai Guo stir fried with vegetables, yao shan is alive and kicking in China. In most of the more comprehensive restaurants with

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Acupuncture helps to heal liver fibrosis by significantly enhancing effects of curcumin Liver fibrosis happens when the proteins including collagen surrounding liver cells start to accumulate excessively.  Liver fibrosis is often a result of all types of liver diseases. Science used to consider liver fibrosis to be irreversible condition, but recent evidence suggests the opposite. Acupuncture has been increasingly used to treat chronic liver diseases. And we’re obviously interested to know how acupuncture can be helpful with liver fibrosis. A study published in the current issue of peer-reviewed international journal Acupuncture in Medicine tried to understand what exactly acupuncture does in combination with  curcumin  for liver fibrosis. They found that acupuncture significantly enhances curcumin effects for liver fibrosis. They also found biochemical changes at the cellular level.  The effects were attributed to acupuncture and curcumin disrupting platelet-derived growth