Clinical efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine for Wilson's disease: a systematic review of 9 randomized controlled trials.

Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. Despite being treatable, there is no universally accepted treatment regimen. Currently, various Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) are widely used in the treatment of Wilson's disease in China, but there is a lack of reliable scientific evidence for the effectiveness of such therapies.

[Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine on animal model of Parkinson's disease].

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common degenerative disease of the central nervous system, but no drug has been found to be surely able to protect neurons so far, delay onset or slow progression of the disease. Currently there are a variety of Chinese formulas, single herb medicines, active fractions and monomers showed prophylactic and therapeutic effect on PD animal models. The mechanisms include protection of substantia nigra cells, improvement of neurotransmitter content, anti-oxidation, immune regulation, enhancement of Western medicine efficacy, reduction of side effects, etc.

A clinical study of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by angiostrongyliasis.

Objective: To improve the clinician's awareness of angiostrongyliasis.

Methods: The clinical and laboratory data as well as the epidemiological information concerning 18 patients with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis were analyzed.

Results: All patients had a history of eating raw fresh water snail (Ampularium canaliculatus) before the onset of the disease.