TCM herb - Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis ) Root
I love this research for a bunch of reasons. Firstly they used 2 different classes of TCM herbs, 2 in each class, commonly used to treat a particular condition (cold hypersensitive hands and feet). And one class of herbs, (Heat clearing herbs to treat cold) only a trained TCM practitioner would have the skill to diagnose and use these herbs for this condition. They found different western actions to each class. (Heat Clearing herbs were primarily enriched in hemostasis-, immune-, and signaling-related pathways, whereas Blood Tonifying herbs were associated with immune regulation, metabolism, and neuronal modulation.) And then they acknowledged that testing single herbs alone, like they did in this research, doesn’t mimic the multi-herb formulas used in clinical practice. A TCM formula usually has between 6 - 12 herbs in it. They found , like in clinic, that these herbs can help with cold hypersensitivity in hands and feet.
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