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This from Beijing: Coca-Cola, a company first famous for mixing South American coca leaves with African kola nuts, is trying to repeat history.

For months, the Atlanta drinks giant has been working quietly to perfect prototype beverages using Chinese herbal cures. Analysts and executives suggest the project may be as important to the company's future as its original formula was to its past.
business.smh.com.au
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The first Traditional Chinese Medicine Week opened at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on August 4. Over 500 precious items related to Chinese medicine are on display. Many of them have never been exhibited abroad before.
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The Qingping Traditional Chinese Herbs Wholesale Market (known as Qingping Shichang) in Guangzhou always overwhelms foreign visitors with its astonishing traditional Chinese medicines.
thestar.com.my

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Canadian gymnastics team coach Tony Smith was amazed when his back pain vanished after just one acupuncture session at the Olympic Village clinic.

"It really does work," he said. "I will definitely recommend it to my athletes."

Smith, who has long suffered from lower back pain, had just about given up hope after none of the various treatments he tried made any difference.
www.chinadaily.com.cn

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Acupuncture may bring pain relief to people with chronic headaches, according to new research. The study by German researchers is one of the largest to date on using acupuncture to ease headaches.

"Acupuncture plus routine care in patients with headache was associated with marked clinical improvements compared with routine care alone," said Dr. Stefan N. Willich of Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, who headed the research team.
www.canada.com

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In a collaborative effort between the Chinese government and an Australian research institute, scientists have isolated four compounds in bitter melon that may account for the vegetable's utility as a diabetes treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.
www.naturalnews.com