Clin Liver Dis. 2001 May; 5(2): 461-78, vii.

Herbal and complementary and alternative medicine therapies for liver disease. A focus on Chinese traditional medicine in hepatitis C virus.

Cohen MR.

Cancer Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.

This article presents herbal and alternative therapies used in the treatment of liver disease, both as adjunctive or complementary treatment to Western pharmaceutical strategies, and as an alternative treatment in liver disease, particularly for Hepatitis C Virus. There is a special emphasis on traditional Chinese herbal medicine.