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Research Insights for Carrot
Carrot consumption, beyond its β- and α-carotene content, significantly reduces cancer risk, highlighting polyacetylenes as potential anti-cancer agents, urging active promotion of carrot intake.
Carotene Carrot Food Nutrients
Regular consumption of raw carrots is associated with a significant, dose-dependent reduction in lung cancer incidence, suggesting a potential cancer-protective effect attributed to polyacetylenic compounds, particularly falcarinol and falcarindiol, present in raw carrots.
Adenocarcinoma Cancer Cancer Risk
Carrot and carotene consumption could diminish the risk of a wide range of negative health consequences, including multiple types of cancer.
Alzheimer's Disease Anticancer Breast Cancer
Young coconut water has been found to be more effective than carrot juice in reducing the severity of dysmenorrhea in teenage girls.
Carrot Carrot Juice Coconut
Consuming carrots can significantly decrease the risk of cancer.
Cancer Carotene Carrot
Carotenoid-rich foods like orange carrots were more effective in mitigating Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease than those with low carotenoid levels.
Carrot Food As Medicine NAFLD
Purple carrot roots, rich in bioactive compounds like anthocyanin, may be effective in preventing metabolic syndrome and cancer by reducing inflammation and metabolic changes.
Anti-Inflammatory Anticancer Cancer
Carrot's bioactive compounds can regulate immune response, reduce oxidative stress, and prevent damaging oxidative destruction, making it a potential preventive tool for various diseases.
Anti-Inflammatory Carotene Carrot
Carrots, rich in carotenoids, flavonoids, and vitamins, have numerous health benefits including antioxidants, immune enhancement, and anti-cancer properties.
Antioxidant Carrot Mechanisms
Moderate consumption of carrots is associated with a lower incidence of colorectal cancer, implying a potential cancer prevention effect in a certain dose-range.
Carotene Carrot Colorectal Cancer
Phytochemicals in carrots, particularly carotenoids, are effective at reducing eyesight degeneration and treating chronic eye defects due to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Carotene Carrot
Regular consumption of raw carrots, specifically 2-4 or more per week, is associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer.
Carrot Colorectal Cancer
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Combining Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) with Western Medicine (WM) could lead to an enhanced clinical outcome in treating hypothyroidism as compared to using WM alone.
2023 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews Efficacy of Chinese medicine in the adjuvant treatment of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis with hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acupuncture demonstrated significant improvement in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis, outperforming oral levothyroxine sodium tablets as it improved thyroid function and patient's life quality.
2024 Medicine Effect of acupuncture on Hashimoto thyroiditis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Hand Yangming Meridian Penetrating Acupuncture may effectively improve symptoms and reduce thyroglobulin antibody levels in Hashimoto's thyroiditis hypothyroidism patients.
2024 Integrative Medicine Research Acupuncture treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis: An exploratory randomized controlled trial
Herbal medicines may effectively treat Hashimoto's thyroiditis, particularly by reducing thyroid antibody levels and improving symptoms, without impairing thyroid function.
2024 Journal of Ethnopharmacology Herbal medicine for Hashimoto's thyroiditis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), used alone or in combination with other treatments, can enhance efficacy and manage side effects in Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) treatment.
2024 Heliyon Clinical comparative efficacy and therapeutic strategies for the Hashimoto's thyroiditis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Jie Yu Xiao Yin, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, when combined with levothyroxine, enhances thyroid function and reduces autoantibodies and inflammatory substances in patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
2025 American Journal of Translational Research Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Jie Yu Xiao Yin on thyroid antibodies and inflammatory biomarkers in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis patients
Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment may influence thyroid-related biomarkers in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis.
2026 Medicine A systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis of the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion cake on thyroid function in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis
Acupuncture has proven efficient as a second-line treatment for plantar fasciitis, demonstrating strong effectiveness in pain reduction at a one-month interval.
2024 Cureus Journal of Medical Science Comparative Effectiveness of Acupuncture Versus Non-surgical Modalities for Treating Plantar Fasciitis: A Network Meta-Analysis
Combining traditional Chinese medicine fumigation with acupotomy showed improved effectiveness in treating heel pain compared to medicinal treatment alone.
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—Jinnan C 25 Apr 2024
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Need observational study tag
—Adrian Y 19 Mar 2024
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—Jinnan C 22 Jan 2024
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Case study?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
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—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
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