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Licorice Root – A Great Tasting Asthma Reliever
Licorice root has a well earned reputation as a highly effective asthma treatment. For thousands of years throughout the world, licorice root has been successfully used to …
Kushen – Sophora Root
Kushen is the Chinese name of the root of Sophora flavescens. It is a member of the pea and bean family. Kushen has been used successfully as an herbal medicine to treat a very wide variety of conditions for thousands of years. My interest is focused on two compounds found in Kushen: Matrine and Oxymatrine. Kushen has been safely used [...]
Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution in Southern California
Asthma research conducted in the past half-century has focused primarily on indoor allergens and their effect on asthma sufferers. Scientists are just beginning to realize that outdoor pollutants have a significant, if not more profound, effect on asthma.
A recent study conducted by the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, funded by the [...]