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Keywords: Chinese Medicine, TCM, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Drug Therapy: References: Library reference: External Reference Wang Shumin II 309, External Reference Chen 23/1445 Qiu 309 and External Reference Vivienne Lo; Photo number: L0039608; Source/Photographer
Snake oil is the most widely known Chinese medicine in the west, due to extensive marketing in the west in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and wild claims of its efficacy to treat many maladies. [31] [32] Snake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain by rubbing it on joints as a liniment. [31]
Pages in category "Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 202 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季; pinyin: yuèjì), known commonly as the China rose, [2] Chinese rose, [3] or Bengal rose, [4] is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces.
In traditional Chinese medicine, extracts from it have been used against numerous diseases, including diabetes, malaria, and Hodgkin's lymphoma. [ 22 ] [ 13 ] In the 1950s, vinca alkaloids , including vinblastine and vincristine , were isolated from Catharanthus roseus while screening for anti-diabetic drugs. [ 23 ]
Uses in folk medicine have been recorded in the Middle East, its leaves being used to treat ailments such as constipation, colic and inflamed eyes. [127] Rosa majalis: Cinnamon rose It yields edible hip fruits rich in vitamin C, which are used in medicine [128] and to produce rose hip syrup. Rosmarinus officinalis: Rosemary
As traditional Chinese medicine had always been used in China, the use of traditional Chinese medicine was not regulated. [50] The establishment in 1870 of the Tung Wah Hospital was the first use of Chinese medicine for the treatment in Chinese hospitals providing free medical services. [51]
It is illustrated with 84 charts, finely executed in colour.The text states:Neitingis located at the end of the crevice between the second and third toes. It can be needled to a depth of 3fen(1fen[0.1cun/Chinese proportional inch] = c. 0.3 cm) and moxibusted with three moxa cones.