Combining Eastern medicine with Western to improve cancer therapy

(University of Houston) A University of Houston pharmaceutical researcher is testing an ancient Chinese herbal medicine formula, Xiao-Chai-Hu Tang, first described in 280 A.D., to see if it can protect cancer patients on the chemotherapy drug Irinotecan from a deadly side effect: Severe-delayed-onset diarrhea.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news