Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine Increasingly Used in The West

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 8th, 1999

Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) provides a viable alternative to traditional Western medicine, and critics should not be so quick to belittle a medical system that has worked for a quarter of the world population for centuries, according to a leading international expert on alternative therapies.

At the same time, much more intense scientific research is needed to determine what really works and what doesn't, cautioned Alan Bensoussan, MSc, University of Western Sydney Macarthur in Australia. Bensoussan discussed the global impact of traditional CHM at the American Medical Association 18th Annual Science Reporters Conference at the University of California at Los...

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