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Cinnamon, ginger, and mint enhanced chocolates effectively reduce menstrual pain and improve blood iron levels without increasing body weight or negatively affecting cholesterol.
Chinese Cinnamon Cinnamon Dark Chocolate
Consumption of pumpkin seeds enhances the nutritional status and improves the attention deficit of deaf female children exhibiting ADHD symptoms.
ADHD Children's Health Iron
Recent studies have indicated that jujube possesses a wide range of pharmacological activities in nervous system, cardiovascular system, as well as anti-oxidation and anti-cancer properties.
Anaemia Erythropoietin Iron
Flavonoids from jujube have been found to stimulate the expression of erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone stimulating blood production.
Anaemia Erythropoietin Iron
Black pepper, particularly the piperine it contains, enhances the absorption of iron, potentially improving athletic performance in endurance sports.
Black Pepper Iron
Danggui Buxue Tang (DBT) supplement helps reduce running times and control exercise-induced hepcidin levels, boosting iron levels and speeding up iron balance during recovery.
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang Exercise Hepcidin
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Traditional Chinese medicinal practices like acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal remedies show therapeutic effects on infertility caused by endometrial factors.
2022 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine The Treatment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Female Infertility Caused by Endometrial Factors
Tai Chi and Baduanjin efficiently alleviate pain, enhance function, and improve the quality of life in middle-aged and older individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
2026 Frontiers in Public Health Comparative effectiveness of traditional Chinese exercises for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis
Laser acupuncture does not significantly improve pain, function, or mobility in knee osteoarthritis as per the current evidence.
2026 Lasers in Medical Science Efficacy of laser acupuncture for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Positive expectations can enhance the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture treatment in knee osteoarthritis through identifiable changes in specific brain regions.
2026 Brain Imaging and Behavior Brain functional basis of the association between positive expectation and acupuncture efficacy in knee osteoarthritis
The Chinese herbal formulation SHG may alleviate chronic pain and enhance the overall health of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.
2026 Frontiers in Pharmacology Effects of Shuhe granules on chronic pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Acupuncture, in all modalities, effectively alleviates pain and enhances function in knee osteoarthritis, posing as a vital non-drug treatment option.
2026 Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine Clinical Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: An Umbrella Review of Level I Evidence
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) decoctions as supplementary therapy for rheumatoid arthritis significantly enhance efficacy and are safe.
2026 Medicine Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine decoctions as an adjuvant treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Invasive laser acupuncture using two different wavelengths demonstrated potential for short-term pain reduction in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
2026 PLOS One Efficacy and safety of invasive laser acupuncture (650 and 830 nm) on knee osteoarthritis: A pilot randomized clinical trial
Mongolian medicines warm acupuncture has been proven effective in improving the clinical response rate and reducing pain in knee osteoarthritis.
2026 Frontiers in Medicine Efficacy of Mongolian medicines warm acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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The first research article I've ever come across that discusses the benefits of non-alcoholic beer during pregnancy. Further research and caution is advised here.
—Jinnan C 9 Nov 2025
2022 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture The melatonin contained in beer can provide health benefits, due to its antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties
Page cannot be found...
—Rachael L 3 Oct 2024
2018 Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences - Open Journal Blueberry Polyphenols and Their Effects on Bone and Joint
Cannot find the article with the link provided -- Rach...
—Rachael L 6 Aug 2024
2018 Nursing and Midwifery Studies The effects of inhalation aromatherapy with Boswellia carterii essential oil on the intensity of labor pain among nulliparous women
Zhangyanming Tablets (ZYMT) has been in clinical use for almost 4 decades. The main components of this medicine include Fructus Lycii (wolfberry), Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Radix Puerariae Lobatae, Radix...
—Jinnan C 25 Apr 2024
2023 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy Protective effect of ZYMT, a traditional Chinese patent medicine in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa
Need observational study tag
—Adrian Y 19 Mar 2024
2019 Medical Acupuncture An Observational Study on Acupuncture for Earthquake-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Experience of the Lombard Association of Medical Acupuncturists/Acupuncture in the World, in Amatrice, Central Italy
The relative risk reduction for those taking statins compared with those who did not was 9% for deaths, 29% for heart attacks and 14% for strokes. Yet the absolute risk...
—Jinnan C 26 Feb 2024
2022 JAMA Internal Medicine Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment
The ability to produce it is not present in over half of the human population due to the absence of specific equol-producing bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract.
—Jinnan C 22 Jan 2024
2022 Nutrients Maximizing the Estrogenic Potential of Soy Isoflavones through the Gut Microbiome: Implication for Cardiometabolic Health in Postmenopausal Women
Case study?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2016 Agriculture & Food Security The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder
No abstract?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2021 Circulation Effects of Walnut Consumption for 2 Years on Lipoprotein Subclasses Among Healthy Elders