A warning from Prof. Edzard Ernst, chair of complementary medicine at the Peninsula Medical School at the Universities of Exeter & Plymouth in England about websites promoting alternative treatments to replace western treatments:

" In a survey Ernst conducted of 2,600 patients who had been prescribed a blood-thinning drug, he found that 9 percent were also taking a herbal medicine that could interfere with the effectiveness of the conventional drug. But the majority of them had not told their doctors about the herbal medication.

Ernst believes complementary therapies have a place alongside conventional treatments but that more research and scientific evidence is needed "

DAAN encourages you to ALWAYS check with your physician before taking any Chinese medicine treatment.