Ayurvedic Medicine Lowers Cholesterol Naturalists have got to be particularly pleased with the recent decision by the FDA to approve a traditional Indian remedy used for the past 2,500 years as a cholesterol-lowering drug.

Natural compound used in India reduces cholesterol by blocking metabolism-controlling receptor UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have helped prove that a naturally occurring compound used for centuries as a dietary supplement in India can help lower cholesterol levels.

Ancient Folk Remedy Points Toward Possible New Way To Control Cholesterol, Researchers Say. A tree resin used in India for 2,000 years as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments has been found by modern researchers to be effective in controlling high cholesterol.

Tree Sap Zaps Cholesterol A tree resin used in India for 2,000 years as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments has been found by modern researchers to be effective in controlling high cholesterol.

Indian herb can reduce cholesterol An extract from a small tree found across Arabia and India can help to reduce cholesterol, scientists have discovered.

Ancient folk remedy may help control cholesterol For more than 2,000 years, healers in India have used a tree resin as a folk medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Modern researchers find it effective in controlling cholesterol.

New plant-derived treatment for obesity and diabetes described at ECO meeting Mike Cawthorne presented results of a collaborative project between the Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham, and Unilever Research to the 11th European Congress on Obesity, held in Vienna, Austria, 30 May - 2 June 2001.

Guggul Tree Resin May Lower Cholesterol Research involving an extract from the guggul tree (Commiphora mukul) has demonstrated that the resin compound guggulsterone may be effective for reducing total cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

Guggul Tree Lowers Cholesterol Texas researchers believe the people of ancient India might have been way ahead of Western medicine's ability to lower cholesterol levels by using the sap of a tree indigenous to India.

Natural Compound Used in India Reduces Cholesterol by Blocking Metabolism-Controlling Receptor UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have helped prove that a naturally occurring compound used for centuries as a dietary supplement in India can help lower cholesterol levels.

Old Indian remedy may be a cholesterol beater A tree gum used in traditional Indian medicine for nearly 3,000 years could be used to develop powerful new cholesterol-busting drugs.