Thunder God Vine, or Lei Gong Teng, is a unique plant with many remarkable health benefits that are now being studied by the medical community in both it’s native settings and in the US today.  A few of the benefits of the vine being studied are its anti-inflammatory properties, contraceptive uses, weight loss assistance, cancer […]

Triptolide, an active compound in Thunder God Vine, shows promising results for decreasing cyst size and replication in those suffering from PKD.

You may or may not be familiar with the term STAT3 inhibitor… If you are fighting cancer or watching a loved one fight it, this term may be something you have just recently come across.  Its important to understand fully the role of STAT3 inhibition in cancers and how that could possibly improve health and […]

“Thunder god vine may block up to 60 different cancer cell lines according to Chinese research.” Pursuit of medical knowledge has been a tradition in humanity since the dawn of time.  In the beginning, the inner workings of the body were little understood.  Medical treatments may have revolved more around superstition and anecdotal evidence than […]

Cancer – a terrifying diagnosis, a rampant disease and a killer of loved ones world wide.  Cancer knows no mercy, it shows no compassion for our children or our grandparents, our world thought leaders or our beloved neighbor. And the treatment for cancer, those heralded by the giant pharmaceutical companies and the mainstream medical practitioner […]

What is your initial reaction when someone mentions “Chinese herbs” to you?  Do you picture some little old wizened Chinese man sitting cross-legged on a rock?  Maybe you think of them as fake or something your grandmother might have used.  Or, maybe you think they are the real deal. No matter what your current association […]

Reproductive health seems to be at the center of many heated debates in political and/or religious venues of any kind in the US today. Debates on reproductive rights aside, the availability of effective and safe contraceptives or – quite the opposite – available and safe conception enhancing mechanism are a concern for men and women […]

I read an article recently on Thunder God Vine, and it was about how Celastrol can help reduce Leptin insensitivity. I scrolled down to the bottom to read the comments because I was going to add some facts I found in research, and honestly, I was absolutely appalled at what I read there. I don’t […]

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis may not be as infamous as their cousins Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus, but these two diseases are rheumatic conditions, chronic diseases of the immune system. In psoriasis, the immune system is triggered, and it speeds up the growth of skin cells, which turn into what is then known as psoriatic lesions. […]

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a nasty disease. It can be manageable for some, crippling for others, and the cost of the medication to mask the symptoms (there is no cure) or help to prevent further damage is high – both in relation to the dollar amount, and the cost to the body in side effects. Natural […]