Not exact matches
Though mandarins have become a favorite fruit snack and home cooking ingredient, they were historically also used in
traditional Chinese
medicine and Ayurveda (
traditional Indian
medicine).
Today, alternative therapies including
traditional Chinese herbal
medicines (TCHM) have achieved astonishing popularity even
though they are not encouraged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which classifies most plant drugs as dietary supplements or food additives and also places severe limitations on labelling.
Though used in
traditional medicine for years, the evidence supporting turmeric's potential brain health benefits is far from solid.
Even
though the TCM (
Traditional Chinese
Medicine) premise of energy flow and balance is quite foreign to Western medical principals, this ancient healing modality has survived to this day, and finds a place alongside the most modern veterinary and human medical technologies.
Pet owners who intend to administer these products without veterinary consultation, as some have done when
traditional medicines have failed, are doing so even
though no proven safe and effective doses have been published.