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This article is an overview of traditional chinese medicine. It discusses the general situation of TCM in China and the value of China TCM export market.

This article is about the status of Chinese Medicine in Australia. It talks on Chinese Medicines Education and the Chinese Medicines Research as well as Chinese Medicine Regulation.

The article is about the regulatory and investment framework for Traditional Chinese in Hong Kong.

This article is about the Chinese Medicine Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It discusses the postgraduate programs and the research activities as wellas the sub-degree programs in the University.

The article is on a survey of knowledge, attitudes and the usage of complementary and alternative medicine in Singapore. It explains the methods, the results and the conclusion of the experiment.

This article discusses Singapore as a platform for the global traditional chinese medicine industry. It talks about the research and development hub for TCM in Singapore and the government support of TCM in Singapore.

The article is about complementary and alternative medicine in United States. It touches on the brief history of alternative medicine in US and the clinical use, research, education and the legislature and license of alternative medicine in the US.

The article provides a perspective of the status of complementary and alternative medicine in the US. Scientists from the John Hopkins Hospital discusses about the complementary and alternative medicines in the US.

This article is about the concepts of modern western medicine and Kampo Medicines and the adequate combination of both medical approaches in practical medical care.

The article is about how ayurveda is a unique system of medicine, It touches on how ayurveda is important in the prevention of diseases. It also talks about ayurvedic treatments.

The articles is about Kampo drugs and its usage.

The articles is about how pomegranate is a most potent protector against cardiovascular diseases.

This article is about spirulina and how it can be used as a nutrient supplement, a therapeutic agent, trace metal supplement, antioxidant, pigments, enviroment protector and a source of enzymes.

This articles is about how dietary licorice acts as an antioxidant and reduces heart diseases.

This articles discusses how herbal medicine is used for diabetes and cancer.

This article touches on traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetes.

The major stumbling block on the internationalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is the lack of a complete set of quality standards that can be recognized and accepted by the international community through an objective and stringent validation process. That is to say, Chinese medicine needs to be standardized. Such a standardization is set by the state and the international regulation authorities who demand scientific proof on the safety, quality and efficacy of TCM. By using the simplest TCM formulation, Danggui Buxue Tang, we hereby present some existing problems and strategies to tackle this task based on the uniqueness of Chinese medicines.

Geographic pathology provides information that a disease may have a quite different incidence and mortality as function of area of residence. Research in animals can model fairly precisely what is learned through geographic pathology, and provides the basis for understanding possible mechanisms of action. These approaches can yield public health recommendations and health promotion activities. Frequent intake of foods with saturated fats such as meat and dairy products raises the risk of coronary heart disease, especially so in smokers. The total mixed fat intake accounts for the high incidence of the nutritionally linked cancers, i.e. of the post-menopausal breast, distal colon, prostate, pancreas, ovary and endometrium, in Western countries, and of increasing impact in Asia, as people there adopt Western eating habits. Monounsaturated oils such as olive oil are low risk fats, as found in animal models, and through the fact that the incidence of coronary heart and neoplastic diseases is lower in the Mediterranean region, where such oils are customarily used. Fish and fish oils are protective, as is noted in countries with a high intake. The genotoxic carcinogens for a number of these cancers are heterocyclic amines that are produced during the broiling or frying of meaty foods that contain creatinine. Excessive salt intake can cause high blood pressure and with stomach cancer, especially with inadequate intake of potassium, from fruits and vegetables, and calcium from certain vegetables and low fat dairy products. Bran cereal fiber intake, especially with adequate calcium, yields an increased stool bulk, eliminating factors involved in colon and breast cancer. Vegetables and fruits, as well as soy products, are rich in antioxidants that are essential to lower disease risk stemming from reactive oxygen species in the body. Green and black tea are excellent sources of such beneficial antioxidants of a polyphenol nature, as is cocoa and chocolates. Antioxidants also extend healthy aging and may protect against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Nutritional lifestyles can be described for most populations in the world that offer the possibility of a healthy long life.

The article is discusses about the importance of Chinese herbal medicine in the millenium. It explains the toxicity of herbal ingredients, contamination and drug interactions.

The article is about the use and misuse of Ephedra.

This article is about the modernization of chinese herbal product, product design and the chemical analysis of Chinese herbal products.

This article briefly describes the international conference and exhibition of the modernization of Chinese medicine and health products held in Hong Kong.