The FDA may finally be catching up with what Oriental Medicine has known for thousands of years. Under research is the Chinese medicinal herb Ban Zhi Lian, also known as scullcap. Better known as a sleeping aid, it has been shown to shrink or destroy ovarian and breast tumor cells in vitro. The FDA is conducting its first clinical study of a potential cancer drug derived from a Chinese medicinal herb.

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