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Ease Your Passage With Ginseng And Ginger

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Ease Your Passage With Ginseng And Ginger

Postby Mulboyne » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:08 am

[floatr]Image[/floatr]USNews: Japanese Herbals May Ease Gastro Woes
Japanese herbal medicines may help people with gastrointestinal disorders -- such as constipation and indigestion -- that don't respond to conventional treatments, a new study suggests. "Japanese herbal medicines have been used in East Asia for thousands of years. Our review of the world medical literature reveals that herbal medicines serve a valuable role in the management of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders," lead researcher Hidekazu Suzuki, an associate professor at the Keio University School of Medicine, said in a news release...The results showed that Rikkunshi-to, which is prepared from eight herbs, helped reduce discomfort caused by functional dyspepsia (indigestion). Dai-Kenchu-to, a mixture of ginseng, ginger, and zanthoxylum fruit, was found to help constipation in children and patients with postoperative ileus, a disruption of normal bowel movements after surgery...more...

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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:13 am

Doesn't he mean Chinese herbal medicines?
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Postby Behan » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:51 pm

His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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Postby Mike Oxlong » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:23 pm

Everyone know "Chinese" medicine has always come from Toyama, and the moniker Chinese, which stuck, was just trendy at the time the traveling salemen began blanketing the country with their genuine snake oils.:wink:
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Postby Doctor Stop » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:44 pm

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Is that going out or in?
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:39 pm

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