Science reveals chang shan secrets
- Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 03.46
- Online news: World
Scientist in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.
A vendor packs dried herbs at her shop in the traditional Chinese herb market in the Wanhua district of Taipei on March 19, 2010. Scientist in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.
The herb is an extract of the root of a flowering plant called blue evergreen hydrangea, known in Chinese as chang shan and in Latin as Dichroa febrifuga Lour.
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