Eating Judas' ear mushrooms helps alleviate the symptoms of polycystic ovarian cysts, according to a recent clinical experiment conducted by a research team at the Southern Taiwan University of Technology (STUT) in Tainan County in cooperation with the Kuo General Hospital in Tainan City.
Polycystic ovarian cysts syndrome (POSC) is a rare reproductive disorder affecting young women, which is characterized by abnormal menstruation, signs of virilization (increased facial hair), weight gain and acne. Patients with POSC are susceptible to cardiovascular diseases and cancer, said Chen Chi-chen (陳啟楨), chairman of STUT's Department of Biotechnology.
Under the sponsorship of the National Science Council, the research team simultaneously used various edible fungi species, including ganoderma, antrodia camphorata, Judas' ear mushroom and Phellinus linteus, to study their effectiveness in the treatment of diseases, Chen said, adding that Judas' ear mushrooms have been proven to be effective in improving POSC symptoms.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Under the clinical trials, 61 patients with POSC at the hospital were divided into two groups, with one taking prescription drugs in addition to Judas' ear components, while the other took prescriptions plus a placebo.
As a result, the clinical experiment confirms that the mushrooms have a therapeutic effect as POSC patients who received the components showed significant improvement in symptoms, including weight loss, regular periods, normal insulin secretion and acne improvement, Chen said.
PUBLISHING
He said that the research results and relevant reports have been published in various domestic medical magazines and will be contributed to other magazines in the US.
ECHOVIRUS 11: The rate of enterovirus infections in northern Taiwan increased last week, with a four-year-old girl developing acute flaccid paralysis, the CDC said Two imported cases of chikungunya fever were reported last week, raising the total this year to 13 cases — the most for the same period in 18 years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. The two cases were a Taiwanese and a foreign national who both arrived from Indonesia, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Lee Chia-lin (李佳琳) said. The 13 cases reported this year are the most for the same period since chikungunya was added to the list of notifiable communicable diseases in October 2007, she said, adding that all the cases this year were imported, including 11 from
Prosecutors in New Taipei City yesterday indicted 31 individuals affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for allegedly forging thousands of signatures in recall campaigns targeting three Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers. The indictments stem from investigations launched earlier this year after DPP lawmakers Su Chiao-hui (蘇巧慧) and Lee Kuen-cheng (李坤城) filed criminal complaints accusing campaign organizers of submitting false signatures in recall petitions against them. According to the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office, a total of 2,566 forged recall proposal forms in the initial proposer petition were found during the probe. Among those
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) today condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the Czech officials confirmed that Chinese agents had surveilled Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) during her visit to Prague in March last year. Czech Military Intelligence director Petr Bartovsky yesterday said that Chinese operatives had attempted to create the conditions to carry out a demonstrative incident involving Hsiao, going as far as to plan a collision with her car. Hsiao was vice president-elect at the time. The MAC said that it has requested an explanation and demanded a public apology from Beijing. The CCP has repeatedly ignored the desires
The Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant’s license has expired and it cannot simply be restarted, the Executive Yuan said today, ahead of national debates on the nuclear power referendum. The No. 2 reactor at the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County was disconnected from the nation’s power grid and completely shut down on May 17, the day its license expired. The government would prioritize people’s safety and conduct necessary evaluations and checks if there is a need to extend the service life of the reactor, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) told a news conference. Lee said that the referendum would read: “Do
RSS