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Medline has an abstract on a new anticancer formula from China:

 

Liu YQ, Li CH, Yang GL, Chen H [Pharmacodynamic tests of wulong

kangai on transplantable tumors in mice] [Article in Chinese] Zhongguo

Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2005 Nov;30(21):1689-91.. Centra Animal

Experimental Laboratory, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853,

China. liuyaqian OBJECTIVE: To observe the

pharmacodynamic and side effects of Wulong Kangai, a new drug of

Chinese traditional herbal medicine, on 4 strains of mice transplantable

tumors. METHOD: Mice transplantable tumors S180, H22, P388 and

Lewis were used in the pharmacodynamic test on the granules of

Wulong Kangai. The test on each tumor strain was repeated three

times. In each test, 50 mice were used and divided into 5 groups. They

were negative control group treated by physiological saline,

cyclophosphamide control group and 3 test groups treated respectively

with Wulong Kangai at deferent dosages of 10, 25, 40g/kg/d in the

treatment of Lewis and P388 and 15, 30, 50g/kg/d in the treatment of

S180 and H22. RESULT: The tumor weight were inhibited at the rates

of 90.1%, 30.8%, 49.8% and 52. 3% in the mice with tumors of Lewis,

P388, S180, and H22 by high dosage of Wulong Kangai as compared

with negative control group. The inhibitory rates in cyclophosphamide

groups were 90.6%, 77.2%, 79.6% and 60.3% respectively. The mice

body weights grew slower in high dose groups treated by Wulong

Kangai granule. CONCLUSION: Wulong Kangai was effective in

treating mice transplantable tumors of Lewis, P388, S180 and H22 with

a dose-dependent manner. The Lewis was the most sensitive strain to

the drug among the 4 kinds of tested tumors. Side effects appeared

during 9-11 days of uninterrupted treatment with high dose Wulong

Kangai. PMID: 16400950 [PubMed - in process]

 

NOTE: If you have contacts in China, can you track down the

ingredients and human dosage of this formula? I searched Google for

Wulong Kangai Keli (?Centipede & ?Dragon Anticancer Granules), and

its Hanzi characters (òÚÁú¿¹°©¿ÅÁ£ (òÚýˆ¿¹°©îwÁ£) but found no

more useful hits. It must be still experimental stage, otherwise the

Chinese WWW probably would have it.

 

Also, the best mouse dose (40-50g/kg/d) seems astronomical for

humans; an 80kg human would be getting 80 X50g (4kg) of granules/d

at the highest mouse dose!!

 

Heng PA, Xie Y, Wang X, Chui YP, Wong TT. Virtual acupuncture

human based on chinese visible human dataset. Stud Health Technol

Inform. 2005;119:194-7. Department of Computer Science and

Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. This

paper presents our application of latest information technology in

assisting Chinese acupuncture research. Having integrated the Chinese

Visible Human (CVH) data, virtual reality, visualization and imaging

techniques, we have constructed a 3-dimensional digital human model

for acupuncture. This model integrates the meridian positioning,

acupoint positioning, arbitrary cutting-plane visualization, multi-layer

dissection, needle puncturing simulation, as well as the common

diseases-therapy information. Our work can be widely applied to

Chinese acupuncture education, clinical usage and scientific research.

PMID: 16404043 [PubMed - in process]

 

Acupuncture research in HK is entering the IT realm of Mr Spock (of the

Starship Enterprise) ;-)

 

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