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Chinese Herb

Any of thousands of substances used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat illness, which differ from Western herbs as they can be any natural material of plant, animal or mineral origin. Chinese herbs are administered as capsules, extracts, herbal pillows, infusions—teas, herbal liquors—medicine wines, ointments, pastes, pills, porridges, poultices, and steam decoctions
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In addition, we have previously demonstrated that Ginkgo biloba extract, a Chinese herb with antioxidant activity, could significantly suppress inflammatory cytokine-stimulated endothelial adhesiveness to human monocytic cells by attenuating intracellular ROS formation, redox-senstive transcription factor activation, and VCAM-1 as well as ICAM-1 expression in human aortic endothelial cells.
Other sources were Chinese herb doctors, family, friends and printed literature.
A potential immunotherapy, a new gene therapy, an enzyme inhibitor, and a compound originally isolated from a Chinese herb are among the latest approaches scientists are proposing to treat addiction.
Patent and Trademark Office said one aspect of the Pfizer patent in the case covered a treatment similar to a Chinese herb known as Horny Goat Weed.
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