Lablab Semen album (bai bian dou) This herb was inadvertently omitted from the 1st printing of the new 3rd edition of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica. It is a tonifying herb that belongs in Chapter 12, section 1. The full descriptive text and illustration of this herb can be downloaded here.
Cancer and Traditional Chinese Medicine Cancer and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Treating the Side
Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation with Traditional Chinese Herbs
Monograph by Amy Hanks A significant body of research has been conducted in China on the ability of Chinese Herbal medicines to support the immune system of cancer patients and reduce the toxic side effects of conventional Western cancer therapies. This review details some of these studies, in hopes that cancer patients and oncologists outside of China can begin to consider Chinese herbs as a viable, safe adjunct to conventional Western medical interventions of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery.
Eastland Press Herb List Arranged by Pinyin This file arranges by pinyin all the herb names in the 3rd Edition of
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica. It contains the
pharmaceutical and English names, as well as both the traditional and
simplified Chinese characters.
