Leung's Chinese Herb News

Learn about Chinese herbs, their uses and benefits. Dr. Leung is an expert on Chinese herbs and shares home remedies and interesting facts about herbs.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Lycium, the New Superfood. New?

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Although big marketers and the popular press have been hyping goji berr y (aka lycium berry and wolfberry) only recently, we at Phyto-Tech h...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Got Acne? Try Bletilla

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Today's post on acne treatment with bletilla ( bai ji ) compound originally appeared in issue # 15 of Leung's Chinese Herb News, in ...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Fresh ginger and vinegar for treating hand and foot ringworm

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Note: This information is from issue # 15 of Dr. Leung's newsletter, originally published in 1998. Simply cut a fresh ginger root cross...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

And Now These Messages

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Forgive us for a brief "meta-post". We wanted to let everyone know a little more about the widgets we have recently added to the ...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Dr. Leung on Skin Care with Herbs - Part 3 of 3

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The following information was originally published in Dr. Leung's newsletter in 1997. Today's post concludes the series with Dr. Leu...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Dr. Leung on Skin Care with Herbs - Part 2 of 3

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The following information was originally published in Dr. Leung's newsletter in 1997. Today's post includes Dr. Leung's discussi...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Dr. Leung on Skin Care with Herbs - Part 1 of 3

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The following information was originally published in Dr. Leung's newsletter in 1997. Today's post includes Dr. Leung's introdu...
Friday, October 12, 2007

More on Astragalus

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Note: The following appeared in issue # 23 of Dr. Leung's newsletter, originally published in 1999. Astragalus is the root of Astragalus...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Astragalus to improve memory and intelligence?

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Note:  Below is an article on astragalus originally appearing in Issue # 24 of Dr. Leung's newsletter, Leung's Chinese Herb News, p...
Thursday, October 04, 2007

Licorice

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Licorice comes from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fish. (Chinese licorice) and Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (European licorice) [Family Leguminosae]. Th...
Monday, October 01, 2007

Ginger - Part 2 of 2

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The following is excerpted from Dr. Leung's book, Chinese Healing Foods and Herbs.  This continues the last week's article on ginger...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Ginger - Part 1 of 2

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The following is excerpted from Dr. Leung's book, Chinese Healing Foods and Herbs. Ginger has been used in both Eastern and Western folk...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Dodge a Cold Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively

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Note: This is the fifth and final post in this week's series of basic herbal remedies, using mainly food herbs. Today's post comes...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

2 Migraine Remedies

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Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts featuring remedies based mainly on food herbs. Originally published as a complete article in...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

4 Remedies for Shingles

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Note: This is the third in a series of posts originally published in 1997 on simple remedies, based mainly on food herbs. The first post dea...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

2 Recipes for Removal of Kidney Stones

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Note: This is the second in a series of posts detailing recipes for basic diet based remedies using Chinese herbs. Yesterday we kicked off...
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Monday, September 10, 2007

3 Simple Recipes for Sterility/Infertility

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NOTE: This is the first in a series of five posts on simple herbal remedies. This post deals with infertility and sterility. Other topics ...
Friday, September 07, 2007

Upcoming series on Herbal Remedies

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Note: This work originally appeared in Dr. Leung's newsletter in 1997 (Issue # 8). What follows is a brief introduction to the series of...
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Eleven Remedies Using Tea

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Originally published in issue #14 (May/June 1998) of Dr. Leung's newsletter, this post provides several remedies using tea. -ed Tea ( Ca...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Treatment of syphilis with tufuling (Smilax glabra Roxb. rhizome)

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Tufuling or Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae has been used in China as a detoxicant to treat diseases like syphilis for centuries, with a recorded ...
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Dr. Albert Leung
Dr. Albert Y. Leung is a pharmacognosist (a scientist who specializes in botanical medicine) and author. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the National Taiwan University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Pharmacognosy from the University of Michigan.
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