Chinese herbal medicine as treatment for chronic hepatitis B

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Overall, Chinese herbal medicine combined with interferon alfa was

1.5 to 2 times as effective as interferon alfa alone in reducing the

hepatitis B viral load to undetectable levels for all three measures

of infection. In particular, bufotoxin combined with interferon alfa

was significantly more effective than interferon alfa alone in

measures of HBeAg and HBV DNA, but not for measures of the surface

antigen. Kurorinone was nearly as effective as interferon alfa in

the two studies that tested it.

 

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/10/01_hbmed.html

 

 

Jim Ramholz