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Article: Chinese herbal medicine and the cardiovascular system: looking through the mirror. (Symposium).
- Article from:
- Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
- Author:
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Cardiovascular Disease and Chinese Herbal Medicine
Cardiovascular diseases, the top killers in the US, encompass conditions afflicting the cardiac and vascular system such as coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmia and valvular disease. Many of these problems have often developed significantly before any clinical symptoms can be noticed. Numerous contributing or risk factors have been identified including high fat intake, menopause, type A behavior, family history, smoking, stress, obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol or triglycerides. The advancement of modern health care, mainly under mainstream allopathic or ...