Two British women who took a Chinese herbal remedy for the common skin complaint eczema have both needed kidney transplants after suffering renal failure. One drank a prepared herbal tea.

Herbal tea, or leung cha in Cantonese, is a concoction of medicinal herbs based on traditional Chinese medicine formulas. In 2006, herbal tea was selected as part of Hong Kong’s intangible ...

Thanks to new analytical tools, Chinese herbal medicines are attracting a new burst of R&D activity, as Jane Qiu reports. You have full access to this article via your institution. In the past few ...

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Explore the global view on hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), from Western herbal applications for heart health to Eastern uses for ...

The West has been supping its medicinal liqueurs for fun for centuries: now, Dennis Mak has teamed up with a Chinese medicine doctor to turn Hong Kong on to the delights of TCM tipples.

A man debugs agricultural machinery and equipment in preparation of sowing seeds of Chinese medicinal herbs, on a farmland of ...