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CHINESE HERBS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN TREATING AIDS

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In a test program done in five Chinese provinces 2,700 HIV/ AIDS patients have been helped with traditional Chinese Medicine. The test was so successful six more provinces are being added to the study.

The test was done because, while western-style treatment aim to use drugs to kill the virus, so far no medicine has proved to be successful in doing so. The best they can do is slow the progress of the virus. These drugs have many side effects and are very expensive. The herbs used in traditional Chinese Medicine work to protect and raise the patient's immunity and ease the symptoms of the disease. The cost for traditional Chinese Medicine in HIV/AIDS treatment is much lower and they result in few side effects.

The test found that an herbal treatment for HIV/AIDS patients has fairly good clinical results. Furthermore, it was also found that it is possible to use the combination of western-style, anti-virus drugs with traditional Chinese Medicine.

Liu Wenwu, an official with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine says, "Statistics show that herbal treatment for HIV/AIDS patients evidently help ease the common symptoms which include diarrhea, vomiting, and weariness. Traditional Chinese Medicine also effectively reduces those side effects of

anti-virus drugs. Patients and their relatives welcome our treatment, which has enriched the clinical treatment for HIV/AIDS."

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SOURCE: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/24/content 480569.htm