Ginseng As A Treatment For Prostate Cancer - How To Research The Medical Literature

Many people today are interested in the use of herbsthe online medical database of the National Library Of
such as ginseng in the treatment of prostate cancer.Medicine.
People are certainly interested in whether or not theThis site is called Pub Med and can be found at
benefit of ginseng has been studied scientifically.The home page has a search box. In the search box
Before we describe the scientific and medicaltype in -- Ginseng AND prostate cancer. Then click
literature on the use of Ginseng for the treatment ofsearch. Notice that the search won't work if you
prostate cancer, here is a brief description of thetype in ginseng as a treatment for prostate cancer.
different types of ginseng.As of August, 2006 a total of 6 medical articles have
Ginseng is a herbal remedy that has been used inbeen written which turned up in our search. You can
Asia as a medicinal remedy for a long time. It'sread the abstracts for free online. In addition, one of
commonly used as a herbal preparation in traditionalthe articles is available as a free full text article on
Chinese medicine.the subject of ginseng as a treatment for prostate
There are many types of ginseng freely available oncancer.
the market today. However, there are really only 2To tell if a free full text article is available, look to
types of real ginseng:see if there are green lines in the file box to the left
1. Asian Ginseng (Panax Ginseng): andof the article title.
2. North American Ginseng (Panax Quinquefolius).If there are only black lines then that means that
Both types of ginseng differ in their chemicalonly the abstract is available. This still can provide
composition. This different chemical compositionsome valuable information on our subject of ginseng
appears to give each type of ginseng differentin the treatment of prostate cancer. You can read
biological properties.the abstract and, if you decide that you want to
How To Research The Medical Literature And Findread the full text of the article for free, make a note
Abstracts And Free Full Text Articles On Ginseng Asof the journal title and the volume.
A Treatment For Prostate CancerYou can then go the closest medical library, find the
To research the scientific literature and find medicalactual medical journal, and read the full text of the
articles written about the use of ginseng for thearticle for free.
treatment of prostate cancer, you first need to go