Chinese traditional medicine can improve tumor treatment

New research shows that, with a history of 1800 Chinese herbal medicine can improve the effects of cancer treatment but also reduce its side-effects.

Test the use of prescription is composed of four kinds of medicine composition: peony, Radix Scutellariae, licorice and jujube.

From plant extracts, root and fruit composed of Huangqin Decoction in the treatment of stomach discomfort and nausea has been used for hundreds of years.

But now researchers have found it in the chemotherapy of patients who have not the same effect, but also can improve the efficiency of chemotherapy.

The strong drugs used in chemotherapy can cause many side effects, because it is in killing tumor cells will also kill healthy cells.

This point in the digestive tract and intestinal chemotherapy is still outstanding.

A research team from the Yale University found that in mice fed, Scutellaria decoction can protect it from intestinal mucosa also make a quicker recovery.

Huang Qintang can eliminate inflammation, improve the effect of chemotherapy, further destruction of tumor.

Test the use of prescription is composed of four kinds of medicine composition: peony, Radix Scutellariae, licorice and jujube.

Researchers on mice with colon and rectal cancer chemotherapy, although can shrink tumors, but the animal intestinal tissue to cause significant harm.

In the use of PHY906 for a few days after drug treatment, recovery of impaired intestinal tissue in mice.

The patient lost less weight, see more of the tumor cells are killed. " " chemotherapy for tens of thousands of patients brought great pain, but PHY906 has lots of physiological active compounds, can be applied to many disturbing source " the study's lead author, Professor Chen Yongji said, the study published in Science Translational Medicine. " ". " T chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine combination represents the western in the treatment of tumors in terms of a marriage

" We will continue to refine these processes to better study and understand the complex mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine. Review the history can lead us to find out the future medicine. "