article_snippet.sent: For the first time, The Government's drug regulator - the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - has approved a remedy containing a traditional Chinese herb.
article_snippet.sent: Until now many GPs have been wary of recommending Chinese herbs, but now there is one product that we know is produced safely and at the optimum dose,' explains Professor Lewith.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Lewith doesn't use one product that we know is produced safely Professor Lewith, but says that before having hip replacements for arthritis Professor Lewith used another herb, Devil's Claw, as a remedy for joint pain.
article_snippet.sent: HERBAL MEDICINE FOR COLDS AND DEPRESSION .
article_snippet.sent: My go-to remedy in the cold season is a herb called pelargonium, which I take as soon as I feel a cold coming as it prevents the virus replicating,' Dr Mike Dixon, a GP in Cullompton, Devon, and chairman of the College of Medicine says. '
article_snippet.sent: I also use mint tea for indigestion and make a remedy from the lemon balm that grows in my garden to help me sleep.
article_snippet.sent: TURMERIC FOR ACHES AND PAINS .
article_snippet.sent: My favourite remedy is called Dehlvi's Haldi capsules, which contain turmeric, but you can buy turmeric/curcumin capsules in health stores - or just add more to your cooking.'
article_snippet.sent: I mostly offer this to patients for pain relief - particularly migraine.
article_snippet.sent: HOMEOPATHY FOR INDIGESTION .
article_snippet.sent: I use homeopathy me - most commonly Nux Vom, which I take when I get indigestion - and I do suggest the remedies to some of my patients. '
highlights_snippet.sent: The traditional Chinese herb is traditionally used to treat aches and pains .
  